The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and get things done, and between Dad's gimp, Buster's elaborate excuses, and Apache's tendency to disappear, it was often up to me to keep the place from falling apart. But even when everyone was pitching in, we never got out from under all the work. I loved that ranch, though sometimes it did seem that instead of us owning the place, the place owned us. . Jeannette Walls
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This quote is about how women should let their manfolk do the work and be men. We often hear this idea that men should do the work and be the man of the house. This shows us that they shouldn’t be doing the work and shouldn’t go off and do their own thing. Women shouldn’t let them and shouldn’t expect them to do the work.

Instead, they should stay home and raise their children and keep the house running. If men are going to be men, it should be to help their wives with the housework because it makes them feel more manly to help out. And if they are going to be men, it should make sense for them to take on the responsibility of keeping up with all the work around the house.

Source: Half Broke Horses

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