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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Women are, traditionally and culturally, raised to be "pleasers". They are socialized that they are responsible for relationship building/maintenance, so they work hard at it.

Men are raised with fewer of those expectations (culturally they get other burdens to carry about breadwinning, stoicism, etc...). So they don't step in to quite the same roles as naturally.

All people can make personal changes in any of these dynamics once aware of them.[/quote]

Came here to post the same thing. Even my progressive, trail-blazing parents raised my brother and I differently. Brother was not expected to do chores, and his sole focus was to be school and career. Me, on the other hand, was expected to iron my dad's shirts, do all kinds of chores, do decently well in school, but not to worry too much about a career as surely getting married to a successful man was all that was important. Women are conditioned to hold the family units together while men are told their world is much bigger.  [/quote]

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