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I don't want to attach this to my thread earlier but, pure speculation: I wonder if the issue around men not helping their wives/gfs not taking care of their kids
is actually
men not realizing that nurturing is the new form of providing/protecting that used to be done with $$
is actually
men not realizing that nurturing is the new form of providing/protecting that used to be done with $$
i.e., in popular culture a straight man's role was always to "provide," which meant a financial role, and if he did that, the job was done.
But now women make their own money too, so what's required of men is "providing" and protecting through emotional labor.
But now women make their own money too, so what's required of men is "providing" and protecting through emotional labor.
I haven't thought this through entirely, just throwing out the idea for discussion, but I'm always interested in how we can draw a link from men being uninvolved to changing gender roles over time.
Calling in @kate_manne as this probably needs some of her wisdom and expertise.
Calling in @kate_manne as this probably needs some of her wisdom and expertise.
And it may be that men have done little and even less in the past, it's just now that women are leaving them for it. Now a man who does nothing gets himself divorced by his wife. (See the many replies to my previous thread)
