I remember my professor talking about the washing machine - that washing the clothes, more than any other chore, is what took up the most time out of a woman's day, like more than 3 hours for an average family. And that when that time finally became free, woman had a chance to actually think about *themselves* for a goddamned change. Not surprisingly, it was a woman who invented the washing machine, but couldn't get the funding from her HUSBAND to patent it. She had to wait until he died to be able to do it, and change history. No, men are usually not concerned about improving women's lives. On a flip note, the automatic transmission was invented for women, as it was considered "too difficult" for a woman to learn to drive a manual...