I’m going to be honest. I have come to the point of full throated opposition to traditional gender roles. They don’t work in an industrialized society.
I don’t believe anyone should be expected to take care of another able bodied grown adult. I’m very much of the mind that both spouses should be pulling their own weight financially. The caretaking is for children.
>>>I’m going to be honest. I have come to the point of full throated opposition to traditional gender roles. They don’t work in an industrialized society.<<<
Today’s women, as seen in this “protest”, bring less and less to the table than women 50 years ago. As a group they are more selfish, disloyal, less capable cooks, less capable mothers and less kind. But they can work and bring home a paycheck.
However due to the risk of divorce and ending up paying child support and losing half of what you thought you owned, I’m not sure putting up with a typical woman is worth her paycheck.
I think most men would be happy to have the same deal our grandfathers had: Which is work hard, come home to a woman who was supportive and appreciative of you, the husband.
There is the quibble over the terms “expected” and “appreciated”. Being appreciated is nice. Being expected, ie obligated, is another story entirely.
It irked me in college that the girls around me did not feel the same pressure to succeed that the guys did. We knew a good career was all on our shoulders. There was no possibility that some wife could be found to provide for us while we played househusband, but the girls always saw marriage as an available economic backup plan.
The problem is that you then have to hire someone to take care of the house and someone to cook.
Unless you are planing to move into a motel and order pizza every night.
Unless you are talking someone with a $50,000 a year job in a low COLA area it is actually cheaper and less stressful to have one person stay at home to take care of all the things that are required for civilized life.
It doesn't say real men provide everything.
While I see your point and do agree if the couple
Doesn’t have children, if they have children and both have high powered
Jobs, the kids are not being raised with your presence and they may be thoroughly neglected. Easy for
Kids to be abused when parents aren’t around. I know
This from
Personal experience.
Men providing for their wives and children is a biblical requirement. This means a great deal to a lot of Americans
To imply that a woman is not pulling her weight if she is not making money is of course false, and insulting
The value of a mom at home is immeasurable.