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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you had kids then I am sure he was helping out with the kids during those ten years and was a SAHD. Lots of SAHP have kids in school full time.

There are also still a fair number of SAHW - where the woman doesn't work but there are no childcare responsiblities. Less common but not rare to have an non working spouse or partner at home.

I think [b]societally work is still seen as a necessity and requirement for men but an option for women. [/b]No one gets upset with unemployed women / wives / moms but it is still common to hear people upset about unemployed men / husbands / fathers - it is seen as shirking their manly duties to be the provider and it isn't manly to not work. Lots of traditional gender roles and gender expectations left over.  [/quote]

It's not an option for most women.  Most women are not SAHMs.[/quote]. It is an option. You rarely hear a woman who doesn’t work being called dead weight or a free loader or the other names directed at the man. So it is not seen as something to criticize. It is an option as many women work because they want to not because it is a societal expectation. Society is also fine with them not working. [/quote]

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