I think it's a pretty well-known assumption that women are the multi-tackers, more likely to be put in a position of juggling multiple roles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultralight
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I think it's a pretty well-known assumption that women are the multi-tackers, more likely to be put in a position of juggling multiple roles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultralight
Traditionally, yes. The man went to work and then came home and was waited upon. Raising children and taking care of household responsibilities was the woman's job. It was enough for a man to just bring home a paycheck. Conversely, there really weren't many roles for men. Fewer choices to make.Quote:
Do you really think men have less complicated lives or fewer obligations?
I think the norms for that are changing, but not as quick or as widespread as we might like/think.
Men don't ask for directions?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultralight
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Originally Posted by herbgeek
Good point. UL, what are the ages of the women in your group? When I look at my two married sons, they are definitely "co-creators" of their homes. In fact, to be honest, my oldest son does a tremendous amount of housework and childcare--possibly even more than DIL. She's a huge clean freak (but he does a lot of that, too), and she also does the child care (feeding and bathing 2 very young kids), while DS picks up the kids from child care and makes all the meals and cleans up.
I know my second son and his wife are equal partners when it comes to housework.
So, herbgeek, maybe you're right. I think my generation still feels the "Superwoman" pinch, but maybe that's going away. I hope so!
Believe or not, Canada has its share of the curious minds, including mine. :laff:Quote:
I know it is rare these days, perhaps even more rare in your nation, but I have an intellectually curious mind. I ask questions when I see trends or anomalies.
I was just wondering what part of the question triggered your interest.
As Catherine mentioned, women over the centuries have had to find solutions and often by collaborating with others who shared the communal space. Warriors, sheep-herders or the hunter-gatherers were often on their own and dealing with the situation as they found it and solved it. DH and I talked at length about things; I did the research, he found a solution based on the research that met our needs. It worked well so I never questioned it.
if the focus of the classes are household things, then yes women are more focused on household things, on keeping up a home, they just are.Quote:
Crowd-sourcing this question:
Invariably these classes are almost all women; for instance, this class is 8 women and me (the only guy). Any guesses as to why this might be the case?
They may have more time, but not if they are working full time as well (then they don't have much time of course). A social responsibility focus will also more often attract women although that's probably not central.
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Originally Posted by catherine
This is a far distant memory to men in our current era.Quote:
Originally Posted by herbgeek
It varies. One woman is 24, another is about 35. There are some in their 50s and 60s.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I think the "superwoman" thing is still going strong. Nearly every woman I know thinks that women can "have it all and do it all."Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I think this is a bad idea though...
It's not "traditional" for most of the history of mankind, and certainly was not the standard for my family who lived on farms. Also for DH's father who worked a full time job and akso ran a farm groeing corn, beans, and pigs and cows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultralight