There is a lot of debate on this forum about whether feminism opposes the tradition "nuclear family" model comprising stay at home mum, kids and breadwinners, which is usually greeting with the response that feminism is about choice, and that there is nothing wrong with traditional roles.
Yet I do wonder how the dice fall on this. Do those who adopt traditional roles do so because it is what their parents had done before them, and because it is heavily promoted as a cultural ideal.
Are people choosing traditional roles simply because it is the path of least resistance, or is it as an inspired choice having tried other options and simply finding that traditional roles work best for them?
If you are in a traditional type relationship, have you ever been in one that is not? How do they contrast?
If you are in a non-traditional type relationship, have you ever been in a traditional one? How do they contrast?
What are your opinions?
2007-12-10
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