As the title may imply, I went shopping with my LTR earlier this week and about half way through I realised I was carrying the basket. I said "right, now it's your turn" in a humorous way and let her struggle with it for a little bit (and it was fairly heavy - she was struggling). I joked and said next time we're definitely getting two baskets - she can carry her own stuff.

The reason I've chosen now to bring this up is because I have just come across this snippet from The Rational Male

In fact to be a “Man” has become synonymous with living up to a feminine imperative that’s cleverly disguised as masculine Honor

along with the fact that she said "You're the one who goes to the gym and everything!" which is clearly playing to a sense of honour, even if she doesn't realise this whatsoever.

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And so I'd like to get some thoughts on the general concept of playing into the feminized reconstruction of what it means "to be a man" in some small day-to-day situations.