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Has No One At The Trib Seen Free To Be You And Me?

By Margaret Lyons in News on Jan 24, 2008 10:40PM

We know, we know, we're hard on the Trib today, but...did you read this advice about staying home? In your "man cave" or "lady lair."

You guys, men are messy! and ladies are clean! Boys, don't worry too much about what kind of TV your "man cave" has, "as long as it's tuned to sports." And girls, your "lady lair" "won't smell like buffalo wing sauce and beer." No, just enough room for a Martha Stewart fondue set.

Let's chase this foray into rigid, archaic gender roles with one of our favorite ditties. Take it away, Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas!