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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP’s scenario seems so common. It makes me think that there really is a reason why traditional gender roles have persisted. More women care about the details of parenting and running a household, and more men care about just doing their jobs and coming home to relax.

[b]But in cases where the woman also chooses to work, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the man chooses to do 50% of the house/kid stuff. [/b]So it all falls to her. Women demanded the right to earn a living, but men never demanded to do laundry and mop floors - that kind of got implicitly foisted on them. It’s a tough dynamic.

(And I’m a mom who works 60 hours a week, with a husband who does almost 50% of the parenting/stuff around the house, so I’m not in the majority I’m talking about).[/quote]

For most of us, work is not a "choice."  We support our families with our income.

A parent who lives in a house with children s/he brought into the world is responsible for that house and that child/ren regardless of the parent's gender.[/quote]

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