Men say these things because they want women to believe them. Women who know better--women like you--frighten them. Poor things.

I don't know if you saw my article, "Why Do Men Pretend to Be More Rational than Women?" The difference in driving safety is only the beginning of the evidence that many men should not be trusted trying to control anything more complicated than a wheelbarrow.

And just for the record, I've been washing and ironing my own shirts for close to 50 years now.