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In reply to the discussion: Is it a privilege to be able to stay at home and not work? [View all]MadrasT
(7,237 posts)39. Feminists do.
        Some feminists actually do promote the idea it's OK for men to have options.
Why My Son Bobby Needs Feminism Too
Patriarchy has always meant that women have had less power and men have had more, but patriarchy has also always been about roles. Women have specific roles and men have specific roles. Weve made good progress breaking down womens role and giving women a greater array of choices, but the truth is that we also need to break down mens role.
I look at Sally and I look at Bobby and I know that the world still has different expectations of the two of them simply because of their gender, and completely irrespective of their talents, passions, and abilities. The world I want is a world where both of them have the same choices, receive the same reaction, and face the same expectations. I want a world where people are seen as people first, rather than immediately typed by their gender. I want a world without boxes, a world where we are all just individuals.
Many feminists actually want "gender roles" to be abolished completely.
I would be one of them.
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        If you are female and you choose to stay at home with the kids, you're a good mom
        Major Nikon
        Oct 2013
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        privilege to stay at home and not work.  no, women do not get much more respect or appreciation
        seabeyond
        Oct 2013
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        ability to choose?  that really was not what your OP was about.  your Op was more acceptable, ya, i
        seabeyond
        Oct 2013
        #12
      
        
        no.  not about zero.  about as many people that appreciate the value of a stay at home mom (and not
        seabeyond
        Oct 2013
        #15
      
        
        everyone has the choice.  what you are really saying is men are respected less if they make that
        seabeyond
        Oct 2013
        #18
      
        
        It's true enough that the first battlefield of the bullshit war is in our own heads.
        lumberjack_jeff
        Oct 2013
        #26
      
        
        I'm beginning to think using the Men's group to post links to reading comprehension training
        lumberjack_jeff
        Oct 2013
        #53
      
        
        I think you are "cleverly" trying to understate the role of the stay at home parent
        ProudToBeBlueInRhody
        Oct 2013
        #55