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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But shouldn't women continue to contribute more domestically given the view on here that men should continue to contribute more financially?

If you are into the traditional gender roles, then yes, the women will do far more at home and with the children and the man will work all day and pay for all expenses for the wife and children and the home and their lives.

Many of you are advocating for this model to continue - that men have a duty to pay for everything and therefore women will continue to take on the domestic and childcare roles and live off of the man. You will teach your sons to pay for the woman and your daughters to clean and look after kids and take the man's money.

One of my brothers and his wife are completely into traditional gender roles. He works, she doesn't. She looks after the home and children and he is the protector and provider. It works out great, both love this model and are happy with it. They each have their roles. I am sure he paid for all dates and she happily keeps house in return.

That isn't the model I want for anyone in my own family. To me equality means women contribute financially and men contribute with childcare and domestically. Both share in all aspects of adult life and adult responsibilities.

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I'm not advocating for anything. I'm saying that you can want whatever model you want, you can 'not be into' traditional gender roles, but you will probably still be doing more domestic labor than your husband. And if you tell your daughter that she can control this by picking up the check at dinner, you are setting her up to be disappointed. [/quote]

Exactly. And the Venn diagram of men who pay for their dates and men who do half the household labor is larger than you think, because they care about women. The cheap men aren’t in it for “equality” they’re just…cheap. [/quote]

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