This is part of a general worldview that has the genders in fixed roles that, when challenged, make the writer uncomfortable. Women who have learned to be independent may have many reasons for it; in fact I know women in solid heterosexual relationships who are competent household troubleshooters and take deep pleasure in making repairs and maintaining equipment. This man is a therapist and perhaps his clientele respond to this sort of oddball advice, which in the long run would create a very unpleasant world. And why are sex and sexuality among the tags for this piece? Did I miss something?