RE: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender - Part 2: The Anthropological approach to Sex and Gender and Gender Stereotyping
Thank you for the excellent comment!!!
How has it been in your life, have you personally been able to free yourself from dealing with a man or woman when it came to solving problems (no matter of which art), to get advice that you sought?
There was a point in my life when I when in a transition moving from one sector of employment to another and during this transition, I was unemployed and still studying the new degree, which left me at home during the day while my girlfriend was at work. Coming from a background in which the man brings home the bacon, this was a huge adjustment for me because now the roles were reserved as per what society or rather my background thought me. During those years is when I learnt personally that there are no differences in the abilities of the different genders.
Thank you, too for your appreciation.
I understand. That is really something. Pressure can be high when the roles are reserved and the comments one get's often should be spared.
As I see it it was good to have had this particular experience and you seem tolerant of it. To provide financially for one another as well as emotionally still do not have the same value. Also, in the course of life, it's problematic when a couple splits and the chain of give & take is broken. The roles can change within a lifetime several times and it is good to measure them within this wide frame.
I learnt the same you learned:)