"Man flu" is the problem area. When he's sick, even with a cold, he acts like it's so dire that he can't do anything but rest and take care of himself - something that the author supported and exhorted women to do as well. When a woman is sick, even with the actual flu, she's still expected to hold the household together with little help from him. The author's solution is that women should be more like men, and my point is that can only happen if more men step up - to both help out when women are sick, and to not be so needy and useless when they are really just a little bit sick. Otherwise, the household falls apart, and that's not really a viable solution.