This is absolutely true. Women are expected to take care of people, and men aren't trained the same way. Even in 2014, if I'm at a dinner or a party, at the end, the men are all sitting around joking with each other, and the women are helping to clean up. Thoughtlessness is more tolerated in men than women.

I think that's part of it, and I think it's also that women are taught to anticipate the needs of others. We're taught that we should clean things before they are brought to our attention, to be prepared with a beverage or a snack if someone might want one, etc. It's apparently part of being a good…

If anyone thought this was real I no longer want to be associated with you.

I love big bulbs.

Scientific studies* indicate that colored lights cure seasonal depression, whereas white lights make you bipolar and racist.

This was the crowning glory of my completely f*&%$ up wedding gift list.