It seems like as women are in the workforce more, men are required to pick up some slack with household duties and raising children. Not sure if we have blurred gender roles from teh gays or just from the increasing gender equality in society.
My parents had "traditional gender roles" - my dad worked and my mom was home with us. He did nothing once he got home from work. My mom did 99.9% of household and kid stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if my dad never changed our diapers. He was a good dad, but he is helpless as far as house stuff.
My husband, however, has to change diapers, pick up baby from grandma & grandpa, pick out clothes, suck out boogers, wash cloth diapers (!), give baths, cook dinner, pretty much everything I do, as I'm not always available. If I didn't work, I'd probably do these chores most of the time, but we're both tired from work, so we take turns on these tasks.
So does my husband and I have blurred gender roles? Absolutely. Does that mean that he is less tough than my dad? Not really, just different. My parents 100% depend on each other - if he doesn't work, my mom can't buy anything, and if my mom doesn't cook, my dad would likely starve. If my husband stopped working or if I couldn't take care of the baby/house/dinner, it would suck but we both do all of it already, so we'd just have to pick up some slack.
Maybe I'm losing my mind and I didn't read you guys' posts right, in which case send me back to the kitchen and take my shoes.
