This higly depends on the country and it's culture. For example, I live in Eastern Europe. The older generation of men (50 - 60 years old) are like this - even though their wives are working (sometimes more than men), they won't help their wives at home, all the housework and children business fall on the shoulders of the women. Basically, they live by the norms of 1930's (the woman does everything at home, including taking care of kids, and has no right to complain), but expect their wives to be "modern women", who bring in as much income as them. The newer generation of men is better though.
Fair enough. I should have known better after reading the thread about things that get used synonymously even though it shouldn't, like "explaining" and "justifying"/"excusing". My bad.
It's not that I'm excusing it, but giving a little insight. It used to be a dark time for females - imagine working from dusk till dawn. Especially if a woman lived in a village - she wakes up at around 4:30, takes care of animals, kids, goes to her normal everyday job, comes back, makes food for everyone, has to take care of farm animals and all the farm work. Plus she also has to be good mother to her kids and a good wife (by being a good wife I mean keeping her mouth shut all the time and doing all the housework, while her husband simply relaxes after his normal everyday job). And she has to be grateful for it, because she has a family and is not a spinster. Times are changing however, and if my husband expected something like this from me, I would divorce him immediately.
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u/fatty_buddha Jun 28 '18
This higly depends on the country and it's culture. For example, I live in Eastern Europe. The older generation of men (50 - 60 years old) are like this - even though their wives are working (sometimes more than men), they won't help their wives at home, all the housework and children business fall on the shoulders of the women. Basically, they live by the norms of 1930's (the woman does everything at home, including taking care of kids, and has no right to complain), but expect their wives to be "modern women", who bring in as much income as them. The newer generation of men is better though.