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Originally Posted by rusticgal

Please would somebody please tell me what male chauvinistic behaviour Jim Davidson has shown on this series.
I can understand the shirt ironing incident...but in all honesty it is a female dominated activity merely because a majority of women work part time or are a full time housewives when young families are concerned....NOT all but most. It's all down to personal circumstances. Jim wasn't degrading about it but I can see how it can be construed as chauvanistic.
It's a bit of an era thing....however are people just condemning him because of 'hearsay'?....or have I missed something on CBB?

Please give me genuine examples and not open ended cliches...

There won't be any genuine examples Rusty...Jim's just of his day, as am I.
I must be the biggest male chauvinist that you've ever heard of! [and my granddaughters would agree with that. lol] because I certainly still am of the opinion that men were put on the earth to provide and protect their missus and kids, and to do his utmost to ensure that they are happy and safe.
And a woman's lot is to keep the home and love the kids as much as comes natural to mothers. [oh, and iron the shirts!]....Now you or anyone else around here can call me whatever you like...but please explain how this is wrong!....We're all equal, but just have different roles in life!...My late perfect wife and I got married in 1949 and we had the best 40 years imaginable before she was sadly taken from me, and held the same views of men + women as me....and if any young progressive character said to her that it was demeaning to her, and that we wer'nt equals...then they would definitely get put straight by my Gladys!

I also understand that today's youth think that they are somehow more enlightened, and that us old folk are a bit silly....but they can't show me how much happier women that are stuck at work are than those at home ironing a few shirts!...And I also am certain that kids are much happier when their mother is at home while dad is at work trying to get as much as he can for his family!...And i'll bet you as much money as you like that Jim feels the same way as me!...and that is why he openly labels himself as a male chauvinist,...because like me, he cannot for the life of him see why anyone should vilify him like many posters on this forum do, for it!

Cheers.