text: You're right in many ways, except one. Be honest, if a woman knew she could do things better than a man, would she retain the same respect for him? It's not that men fear being weaker. it's they have to appear stronger or society treats them differently. Example: My wife and I both worked, she worked graveyard as a nurse, so she could be home during the day when the kids came home. She got put on days and we were having trouble with our oldest daughter. We had saved money and I was in the position to take time off from work.\n  I did the shopping, running errands etc. Even our friends began to question my motives. Joking I was living off of a woman, not pulling my weight and the jokes flew one after another. Even though we had to cut back a little we were far from starving, yet people made stupid jokes. We had decided together it was the right thing for us, but that didn't matter. Women have the choice of being a stay at home mother, men don't have the same choices. We are accused of being lazy, weak, stupid. So be careful when you say men are afraid of appearing weak, because maybe in your eyes they already are. And well all is said and done, will a 'weak' man be enough for you, or someone equal intellectually be better? Why oh why do women send out mixed signals?