Are Men Lazy?

During the past english class, we read the short story called Lost In the Kitchen, it talks about a man perspective of Thanksgiving.  He says what typically happens during a Thanksgiving day.  He talks about how his wife and his friends wife cook, while his friend and him watch the big game.  They eventually go to see if they can help in the kitchen, and they are told to watch the kids.  They then proceed to watch the kids, but get distracted and start to watch the game.  My thought about this is, are all men like this?  Do most men do nothing in their house, besides go to work?  If this is true, is this a man’s perspective of the good life? Are they happy with doing nothing all day while their wives cook and clean?  From my experience seeing it with my family, I think this is false.  When I was younger, my father worked two jobs, as well as helped to cook and take care of me and my little brother.  In all my life, I cannot think of one past experience where I felt that my father was lazy.  Then again, I look at my uncle, and I tend to think differently.  He is the exact opposite.  He hardly works, never cooks or cleans, and he seems to be living the good life.  This goes back to the thought that everyones good life is different.  My dad’s good life is working hard to support his family, while my uncles is doing nothing all day.  I think that you need to work for something, or else there will never be anything to work for.  If you have everything, then you will never earn something yourself, therefore you will never truly experience the good life.  My father one day will if he hasen’t already, but unfortunately my uncle won’t because he is lazy.

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