(Being the nice guy I am, I even help with the butchering when it's my deer.)
An independent woman is a joy because if she is with a guy it is because she wants to be there, not out of desperation. It's a lot less worrisome than someone who is prone to being helpless. Besides, if you can't work together, there is a good chance you'll work apart...
We hunt our meat at Walmart, with occasional coupon-armed excursions to Food Lion.
I think people should be able to run their lives however they want. If she runs the chainsaw and he pickles fish, whose business is it but theirs?