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The modern man is a powerless figurehead in his own home

It must be end times and no one is feeling the heat more than men. Men have imaginary powers. They are told they are the heads of the household yet the actual control rests with the woman. Women dictate literally everything that goes on under the roof, inside the bedroom, in the kitchen and all around the life we have built together.

We decide the colour of the floor tiles and the curtains to match it and while we largely know little about cars and other machines, we have a huge say about the car we would like to drive. It has to look like the car that the wife of so and so drives. Usually, we will make sure we bring home a documented guide in the form of photos to lead the buyer.

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