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[quote=Anonymous]Growing up, going to college and law school, I never knew a man who wanted a SAHW. Almost universally, high achieving men sought out peers to date. A guy who wanted to date a woman with a “mommy track” job or a low paying job was an unusual outlier. Most guys I knew were actively trying to date fairly high powered professional women, especially if they were on a high powered professional track themselves. One of my friends doggedly tried to pick up med students. Another one was over the moon when he met a woman who had just been admitted to Yale Law.

Also, the men I dated and the men I was friends with along the way professed to be all in on equal relationships. I knew lots of guys who prided themselves on cooking dinner as a date idea to show off how domestic they could be.

Now that we all have kids, it’s the tiny minority of men I know who have lived up to the promise. Their wives downshift while their careers take off. Best I can tell they’ve all forgotten how to cook or even grocery shop.

Was it just not modeled for them so they they didn’t know what they were signing up for? I’ve heard it speculated that boomer moms “did it all” meaning being a housewife and a corporate drone at the same time.

Is it that modern corporate jobs have just become so much more demanding you can’t perform on both fronts anymore?

Or are men just socialized to be more selfish? [/quote]

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