I think it has to do with us as mothers...we baby the boys when they are ill, and they think ALL mothers owe them that babying. Yah, like that.
No insult. I take the blame for the baby my son is when he is ill. The difference is that I don’t have to mother him; he was a wife to do that!
I think we think it’s payback. We risked our lives creating civilization so you could live your lives without being afraid of being attacked all day.
When we do finally need to slow down we want the reward.