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Modelling gender equality in the family

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FrannyAndZooeyGlass · 24/02/2018 19:59

I am a feminist. As is my DH.

I work full time, he is at home with the DC. He does the shopping, the laundry, the cleaning, the cooking. I earn money.

But tonight we arrived at a chalet in the French Alps for a week of skiing and as we drove in to the car park, we drove over a nail and the tyre started losing air.

And on automatic pilot, I started wrangling the kids inside, unpacking suitcases and making beds. He stayed outside to sort out the tyre.

Made me think that we conform to traditional gender roles despite thinking that we don't!

Can anyone in a heterosexual couple - hand on heart - say in this situation they would have assumed their DH would make the beds whilst they sorted the flat tyre?

Just interested.

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museumum · 24/02/2018 20:05

Nope. I cannot get the locking nuts off. Ever. Most times dh can’t either mind you but he’s the car adult.
I’m the camping and fire adult though (which is often a male role).
In Spain I’d be sent to a garage though as my language skills are better (we’re both shit at French).

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