I grew up in a home with lots of brothers, so we were accustomed early on to taking care of ourselves in terms of cooking, laundry, etc.. I think everyone young man should learn those things; he’ll be less likely to marry thinking he’s swapping those chores from his mother to his new wife. If he doesn’t want a family, then he’s less likely to marry at all (and there is no problem with that).
If men were everything the man-hating TV producers seem to think they should be, they would have no problem finding an adoring wife; as it is now, plenty of men “trade up” in spouses when the original model acts like the TV commercial women...
Same here. My mother and father were equal partners. Each worked, each helped around the house. Granted, some of the "chores" were more inside duties: laundry, dishes, cooking, cleaning; and some were outdoor things: lawn care, home repair, mending fence, taking care of livestock, etc.. But if the roles needed to reverse for a while, mom would willingly help out in the field, and dad would gladly throw in a load of clothes. Neither was the servant of the other, and as a result, I learned early on to cook, sew, make a bed, wash clothes, and keep a clean house, besides mowing hay, feeding cattle, patching a roof, or stringing barbed wire. I can't help but think that level of equality made me into a more rounded person, and a better husband to an appreciative wife.
Unfortunately, I was cursed with two UNappreciative wives and I dumped both of them.