HEROES

“Save the world, save the cheerleader…”, this is one of the most famous sentences at “Heroes” TV serie. But my post is not about any TV serie or any cheerleader. Today’s post is about “Save the World”. This weekend I’ve been at the countryside with my daughter and my nephew. They both have to take some leaves to school. I took them to Begues. They were excited because, as they said, we went to a big forest (how big things seem to be when you are a kid!!!). Suddenly, while I was taking them a picture I remembered about Al Gore’s film “An Unfaithful Truth” and I thought if they would be fortunate in the future and they would be able to visit a forest with their future sons and daughters. I know many people who are worried about climate change and do many things to preserve our world but, unfortunately, there are still some others who do nothing. Easy tasks like recycling, take a look at the thermostat at home, reduce water consume, use public transport (or go cycling or walking), etc.. These year I have learnt the expression “to make a mountain out of a molehill” but to save the world we just need “to make a molehill out of a mountain”. Please, let´s convince the unconvinced how important their molehill is, I think next generations deserve, at least, to see a world like the one we can see today. Let´s try to be heroes and LET´S SAVE THE WORLD!!!

MALE CHAUVINIST, ONLY A MEN’S PROBLEM???

- “My husband doesn’t know how to iron”

- “He usually arrives very tired from work”

- “My husband HELPS me at home”

Have you ever listened to some of those sentences?. I hate women who accuse all men as male chauvinists only for being men. Are there male chauvinist women? Of course there are. Furthermore I believe we should have to be more worried about them than about male chauvinist men.

I know a lot of men who look for a second mother on her wife but I, unfortunately, know many women who offer themselves on that task. There is a specific question women have made me about zillion times. Does your husband help you at home? HELP??? Of course not. The word “HELP” sounds as if home tasks would be just for women. What about the expression “SHARE TASKS”?. No one help anyone. Moreover, that’s a disrespectful question for women. It is like all duties at home would be for women and you, the man, arrive home and, as a big favour, decide you will do some of those duties. There some of them who say “My husband doesn’t know how to iron”. I usually ask them “Is it necessary any special university degree for that???”. I have always thought the perfect answer for many men is saying “I don’t know how to do it” but, what it is more incredible is some women believe them when they say that.

I specially enjoy when people come home for dinner and I discover he is a male chauvinist. He looks at my partner thinking “Oh, my God, he is preparing dinner”. But I must accept I enjoy more when the male chauvinist is the woman. She usually returns back home at the end of the night angry with her husband and with many questions rounding over her head.

I suppose most of you (women) would be thinking “ Ha, the pefect man”. No, it’s not a question of perfection. It is a question of respect and a question of knowing about your duties. As usual, I’m waiting for your comments.