For me, I think the closest thing to Hell on Earth would be having to spend 30 minutes alone in the same room as Amanda Marcotte.
Via Slate:
Policy wise, it’s easy to argue that Barack Obama is a feminist president. The first bill he signed was for equal pay. He launched a White House task force to fight sexual assault and ensured mandatory contraception coverage in Obamacare, a decision he has had to fight for. So why does the president keep making sexist jokes casting his wife in the role of the mommy who has to take care of him?
The Obamas celebrated their 22nd anniversary last week, an occasion the president noted during a visit to an Indiana steel plant with a joke recorded by Rebecca Sinderbrand of the Washington Post:
It’s far from the first time Obama has made himself the man-child to Michelle’s nag. Last year, he joked that he quit smoking “because I’m scared of my wife.” In a 2013 interview with Vogue, Michelle Obama said her husband has taught her to relax more. He replied by saying, “And what Michelle has done is to remind me every day of the virtues of order. Being on time. Hanging up your clothes. Being intentional about planning time with your kids.” […]
Of course, men can play video games and be into “Star Wars” while also fulfilling adult responsibilities. Many do! But the more we “joke” that men are unable to practice basic hygiene without the firm guidance of a good woman, the less it seems necessary to change that “classic” dynamic. Obama may mean well, but even jokes like this one signal to girls that they have to lower their standards and sacrifice a big chunk of their own lives in order to “train” a man.