Why Do Russian Women Need Men

I have never really though of myself as a feminist.

I cannot see how a government where 50% are women could be better than the one where women are 25% of the total; I don’t want to be treated the same way as a man at work because I want to work part-time to fit in with my family; I am happy to cook and clean (wearing powder blue shabby chic apron with pale pink roses) while my dear husband’s ‘doon t’pit’.

I don’t think women deserve special privileges just because women were discriminated against in the past.

But as I was looking at some pages on Russian Facebook (it’s called vkontakte.ru), I came across one of those PowerPoint slideshows (pearls of wisdom on appropriately sweet/funny/boring background images).

The slideshow made me want to put on some Dr.Marten’s, wash off my make-up, tie my blue microfibre duster to my rolling pin as a flag of my liberation and go and protest against something, preferably on barricades.

I was born a woman... I won’t be told how to become one.

Why Do Women Need Men.

1. Men have warm hands and we have cold fingers.
2. They are strong and can lift us.
3. Some day they will realize, if only for a minute, that we are the best.
4. They stick to their principles.
5. Sometimes they do the dishes.
6. They are taller than us and can reach books on high shelves.
7. They let us wear their coolest t-shirts.
8. When they say ‘I love you’ we know we exist.
9. They know and can explain that even when a man is alone, he is still a man.
10. They forgive us our feminism and we never forgive them anything.
11. They kiss our forehead when they cannot stay.
12. Their eyes water in strong wind.
13. They go to the shops when it’s raining.
14. They want to have our photos.
15. They cannot see any reasons for our diet.
16. They are quiet when we say stupid things.
17. When we say something clever, they are quiet too.
18. They’ll go to war if there is one.
19. They will not notice ruined make-up.
20. They want to change our lives.
21. They spend their last money on chocolate.
22. They don't think only about love.
23. Deep inside, they know how to mend their socks.
24. They don’t know the difference between Always and Kotex.
25. It’s not important to them what we are talking about.
26. They meet us at the airport.
27. When they leave, we stay.
28. When we think about our past, we think about them.
29. They can fight.
30. Their CDs are always in proper cases.
31. They can add up faster than us.
32. They make things that we are proud of.
33. They take us on holidays.
34. They are funny.

And no, it’s not one of those joke things. Comments at the bottom of the page were saying ‘how true’, ‘that is so sweet’, ‘totally love it’.

Try to differentiate them from a doormat.