I am not much of a feminist, really… as much as I am an egalitarian. In that spirit, I finally learned what any woman should learn: how to change a tire!
First of, it was not out of necessity. I was not stranded on a highway waving all sexy-like to guys so they would stop and heroically help me change the flat.
No, I learned because I wanted to. My friend Susan’s car was in desperate need of tire rotation and as usual, she was going to make her husband do it. But then I stopped her: “You know what, Susan, I’ll do it. We will do it together!”
And so, with a little help from internet DIY videos, we got our hands all gross dirty. I was sweating like any mechanic would and I think I even cursed a few times. The only thing Susan’s garage needed was a calendar with sexy, chizzled guys.
Today, I proudly type this with blisters decorating the palms of my hands. I am proud I did it. It was quite a no-brainer once I rotated the first tire.
If women want equality, they should not expect of men to do “men tasks.” The only time we should, PERHAPS, intentionally ask men for help (due to their strength) is when lifting really, really heavy things. Women can be very strong, but man are just stronger. Even David, my chubby little man who never lifts things, can lift heavier things than I do (despite my lifting at the gym). So, ladies, no more excuses. When will you learn how to change a tire?
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I must fully agree with this, a lot of women come through our work and they say “my husband is out of town and don’t know what to do”, imagine for second a man walking into a hospital and saying “my wife out town and our children are starving” it sort of mad
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I think it goes back to gender roles perceptions…. but we can change them because we are equally talented to do the things other sex does.
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I love to see them change because, longest I worked on this mechanical bussines I hardly see women and like them to enter this field more
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My wife has changed tires of her old car and I also, but nowadays cars are very heavy, that it is a risk to change them if the ground is not enough solid. Our car’s empty weight is 2.025 Kg. Now being old, it is nearly mission impossible to me.
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Of course, it depends on the size of the car (specially American cars can be huge). The one we have though was not too bad and definitely doable.
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