Roles Of Men And Women
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What are the roles, or rather, how are men and women suppose to act? More specifically apart from genetic or biological traits that separate us and make us different; what goals are we suppose to have? I ask because I got to thinking (lmao). I can kind of imagine a way to live, or at least things that I'd like:
>providing
>fighting
>leading
>being someone that others look to
Looking at these things, and comparing it to how I, like many of you, were raised, we were taught to believe that both men and women want these things, and that these "stereotypically male" roles are things that women want as well. This is compounded by the thought of putting myself in the "stereotypically female" role of staying home and taking care of the children. I cannot think of anything worse to do than to do that, that is:
>keeping everything at home in order and cleaned
>making food and doing all of the "bitch" work for everyone
>babysitting the children all day
>etc
That all sounds awful to me as a man and combined with how we're all brought up, it would therefore make sense to "share the load" with women and bring women into the fold of the socially constructed "male" roles...
But what if that's wrong? What if it isn't a social construct but rather the way in which I am biologically and mentally hardwired to live and are merely things that come naturally to me? What if those "male" roles is simply the natural state of living for a man like me? So I got to thinking again (again, lmao). What if all of those "female" roles are things that I hate because I'm not biologically geared to do those things?.......What if women are actually biologically geared to to those things?......What if women actually like doing those things because that is their natural state of living?
Of course there is the historical account, but is there any scientific accounts that support this line of thinking? "Is it right for me as a man to take charge and go forth, while women stay home and nurture the children?
>providing
>fighting
>leading
>being someone that others look to
Looking at these things, and comparing it to how I, like many of you, were raised, we were taught to believe that both men and women want these things, and that these "stereotypically male" roles are things that women want as well. This is compounded by the thought of putting myself in the "stereotypically female" role of staying home and taking care of the children. I cannot think of anything worse to do than to do that, that is:
>keeping everything at home in order and cleaned
>making food and doing all of the "bitch" work for everyone
>babysitting the children all day
>etc
That all sounds awful to me as a man and combined with how we're all brought up, it would therefore make sense to "share the load" with women and bring women into the fold of the socially constructed "male" roles...
But what if that's wrong? What if it isn't a social construct but rather the way in which I am biologically and mentally hardwired to live and are merely things that come naturally to me? What if those "male" roles is simply the natural state of living for a man like me? So I got to thinking again (again, lmao). What if all of those "female" roles are things that I hate because I'm not biologically geared to do those things?.......What if women are actually biologically geared to to those things?......What if women actually like doing those things because that is their natural state of living?
Of course there is the historical account, but is there any scientific accounts that support this line of thinking? "Is it right for me as a man to take charge and go forth, while women stay home and nurture the children?