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I’ve got a message for First Lady Michelle Obama and women in general; and if you are a woman please read carefully. Men are people too. I’m really tired of this ‘women’ do everything talk. You could have said this 40 years ago, but in today’s agenda based society it’s getting old.

Women can’t proclaim in one voice they are equal to men and in the other claim they do everything. Look at President Obama’s wife Michelle. In a speech to representatives of “Women’s Chamber of Commerce” and “National Council of Negro Women” she proclaims, “Women are the ones to do it,” in reference to taking care of families needs from family illness to check-books.

Before I whip out the cute quips like, “What data does she have to support this?” I’d like to discuss rationally why are men so crapped on? Seriously. Walk a mile in our shoes. Oh sure we can go out and play football or chop down a tree then hang out with the guys and talk macho BS over a beer, and all that other stereotypical nonsense but god forbid anyone let alone a women recognize a man as a functional family member or decent human being.

I know, I’ve been through it, and I go through it. I had someone use the ‘gender’ card in the same way people use the ‘race’ card to further their agenda.

Meanwhile we men are expected to just ‘take it’ otherwise any response or form of dissension WILL be labeled as hostile. It’s a great gig for women in today’s modern world.

As we men read this tripe in the papers or see it on the news and we bite our tongues. We have no choice. To speak up is to be “chauvinistic.” I’m betting by the time you are done reading this if you are woman, you’ll call me a chauvinist … without merit.

It’s as if we men don’t even exist. Shut up and take it is our lot. Our sole purpose is to cater to women without being recognized as equals or mutual partners.

Now I don’t mean to pick on First Lady Obama, I’m sure she means well but she is falling into this same trap every woman with a microphone or speaking outlet that is offered; which is to blame a man in reverse by claiming women are oppressed or do more, or have it harder, or just plain anything that minimizes a man.

Look, we men get it! Women are wonderful! Women work hard! Women are the most beautiful of god’s creations too. Now please stop! If you want to make a point, don’t make it by claiming ‘you are a woman’ therefore you deserve something more than the rest of us.

You can’t have women like Megan Fox out there telling the world women have all the power because they have vagina’s in one breath then have countless women’s groups claiming women are oppressed and need a leg up. I mention Megan Fox but this has been said by many other women. Do you see countless men’s groups exclusive to supporting only men? At best you can find a few. There are entire web sites dedicated to slandering MEN.

There are few support groups for men but at the rate we are going, there will be more. Then what? You’ll have this gender divide not unlike the racial divides that plague much of the world today.

If anything women have an advantage over men and YOU KNOW IT. Women can AND DO use both brains and sexuality to get to the top. I won’t bother with examples, all you really need to do is open a paper, magazine, turn on the TV, or browse the Internet and that point is self-evident.

God made men and women different. We can celebrate our differences or we can create negative energy based on them by claiming our gender is in some way ‘oppressed’. Because mark my words, if this keeps up then men will have this right and exploit it in years to come as we will be the sexual minority.

Women have fought the good fight or equality. You have it. You are superior in the work force, especially in the white collar sector. You can go into some offices and not even see a single man employed there. There are women in every job imaginable. There are more ‘women’s shows on TV with more women broadcasters — even in sports broadcasting and there seems no end to where women can be found. We have women astronauts, women corporate heads, women star athletes, and on and on and on. Do you think men do see the woman’s agenda being jammed down our throats?

I’m tired of seeing women in one breath ask for more while they are getting more and in the other breath claiming they are oppressed because they work so hard. You wanted to work hard, OK you got it. The old saying rings true here: Be careful what you ask for. You may get it.

In my own marriage I did countless house upgrades and repairs from flooring (carpet and tiling) to wiring, building walls, the list is truly daunting. I even kept a garden. Let’s not forget scrubbing toilets, doing laundry and house cleaning. I supported the family with additional lines of credit etc… Now imagine another married guy right now that does all this (and there are countless), reading yet another article like the one with Mrs. Obama claiming women “do it all.” How do you think this man feels?

OK, is he wound up about it? No. But in his mind he metaphorically rolls his eyes. We (men) all do. It’s like when a man looks back on his life through photos and wonders… why am I absent in so many family photos? Because I took them all. …Talk about sacrifices men make.

The other day I saw baseball game on TV where a father caught a foul ball, handed it to his three year old whom immediately tossed it over the rail from the upper deck. He did what any father would do, hugged his child. However this was a major news story as if men were some sort of wild animals brought in from the woods exhibiting almost human behavior as TV celebrated a kind and loving father. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they made the news and media shows, but I have a surprise for the news and world around us. Men do this ALL THE TIME. For every one guy that you see in the news doing something ugly, there are 1000 other men out there doing much better. Yet somehow men are still Neanderthals and women are so much smarter. Case in point, the TV commercial where the guy stands helplessly by his wife outside the car as she shows him how to open a baby stroller by pressing a single button. Yes, and we’ve never changed a diaper either or washed a dish.

I’ve raised two boys. Both from diapers and I was the parent in both cases that got up through the night for feedings and diaper changes. Did I ever get a news broadcast for being a super father (let alone husband)? Of course not, nor did I expect to. I did what was NATURAL.

Worst of all, don’t go insisting you keep the family check book then later take credit for being the only one that did it. If you volunteer for a task, then sure you can own that task but don’t pretend no one else was willing to do it.

In closing, women are not oppressed. At least not to the point they need to use it any more to further what amounts to existing STANDARD rights or needs. And I’m sorry Mrs. Obama, women don’t do everything. Men do plenty and we do exist, in fact you wouldn’t have the platform to speak on now if it wasn’t for the man in your life who just so happens to be President.

And ladies… just like there is a black President today, there will one day be a female President whom men will vote for while ‘women’ will only vote for because she is a woman. Don’t think we men won’t see the big picture along the way.

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