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The Doctor.

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2. That would be childish.

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Sun Feb 19, 2012, 08:37 AM

Feb 2012

For one partner to believe that the other 'must' have gender-specific responsibilities is a little bit sexist. It can be forgiven in some cases due to the influence society has on people's perspectives, but that doesn't excuse people from learning to think for themselves and establish a perspective independently of cultural ideals.

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I think men should enter relationships assuming that women [View all] Bonobo Feb 2012 OP

You do? Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #1

That would be childish. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #2

I see I made my point well. Bonobo Feb 2012 #3

Well, I take it on a person-to-person basis. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #4

Let me just throw this out there, then, in the context of preconceived notions: Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #7

I don't know if there's a correlation here, but I'm pretty sure that the total time Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #8

I am not one to demand my dinner on the table Broderick Feb 2012 #5

Each marriage is a team. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #6

That was one of the fundamental lies of paleo-feminism-- mistertrickster Feb 2012 #9

Hmmmm libodem Feb 2012 #10

Can't we have both? Can't people have the freedom to define their own roles AND decent pay/benefits? Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #11

Right, I don't believe it was a conspiracy. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #12

Doubling the size of the workforce drove the value of labor down. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #13

And 200 years ago, most jobs involved farming. Things change. There have been tectonic shifts across Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #14