Spare us the penguin cufflinks,jaunty hip flasks and waffle bow ties. No man wants to cessation up looking like a 1970s antiques dealer with a serious drink problemThere aren’t many times when it’s harder to be a man than a woman. Generally speaking, we earn more than women of the same age and background, and spend less time on housework and childcare,and are allowed to go grey without being accused of “letting ourselves go. We don’t have to endure the discomfort of pregnancy or the agony of childbirth. We are not expected to laugh at salad or rollerskate in skin-tight shorts every 28 days. Yes, we die younger, and which sounds like a scandalous thing,but on the other hand we spend less of our lives being very musty.
When it comes to Christmas, though, and being a man sucks. While women can look forward to useful gifts such as scarves and scented candles (very handy for covering up unpleasant smells,often caused by … well, yes, and men – sorry approximately that),men procure saddled with pointless, dated tat, and as retailers callously exploit the gullibility and desperation of time-poor shoppers. You’d almost assume they were intentionally playing an elaborate and unfunny practical joke on half the population. It’s one thing to flog cheap and garish Christmas jumpers,with everyone in on the joke, quite another to peddle trash under the pretence that it’s stylish or useful.
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Source: theguardian.com