5 Reasons why Men should accept Role Reversal

I know many of the male readers would feel uncomfortable and annoyed while going through this article. But after exploring this, I’m sure they will prefer to sit at home and would allow their wives to go out for work.

Source : http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/features/10309-5-reasons-why-men-should-accept-role-reversal.html

 

Interesting article. It should definitely be read by any couple.
However, it really does depend on person to person. My one uncle would have nothing to do with himself if he didn't have a job- as for his wife, she definitely loves to spend!
I myself am very financially conscious, and would absolutely hate to sit at home and do nothing all day every day while my significant other earns all the money.

Either way, in this day in age, I think it makes a lot of sense for both members of a partnership to work. More money that way
Kids can just be tossed in the day care center.

 

As a male, I have no issues, personally with the idea of a woman fulfilling the "bread winner" role, or with the idea of a stay-at-home father. But the article is unquestionably sexist. And if you don't believe me, just replace "father" with "mother" and "man" with "woman" in every instance of this article and then read it again - you'll find that it reads exactly like an article out of "good housekeeping" circa 1950. But I'm going go through each point and provide anecdotal "evidence" to the contrary of the grossly universal tone of this poorly conceived article.

1. Men, the Fathers, more influential on children
I don't doubt that children with a caring father (a stable family life) have better outcomes - but to attribute this to some magical male power to be taken more seriously than a mother is simply false. 2 responsible parents (no matter what sex) are better than one - I was raised in a single parent home, by my mother - I turned out alright (great if you ask me), but I know for certain that it was difficult on me and my mother and in many cases that very difficulty is precisely the cause of the articles "observation" and has nothing to do with how children perceive their parents.

2. Women are better Professionals
It has been proved. . . .They are better listeners, mentors, problem solvers, and multi-taskers than their male counterparts.
I work in an office with 3-4 women and 1-2 men at any given time. I observe on a daily basis that no less than 2 hours of every day are spent, by my female co-workers, engaged in casual conversation among each other while no work is getting done. Last summer we hired a female intern and these women, including the one that was "mentoring" her, made her feel so unwelcome that she resigned less than a month later in tears. I have yet to observe a problem that has arisen in my office that didn't either require an hour long discussion among these women on how and who should solve a problem - and at least 75% of the time the "solution" involves getting either me or my male coworker to solve the problem. Better listeners? If I had a dime for every time I had to explain to our female accountant that if she fills the copy machine too full - it will invariably jam, I would be a wealthier man.

3. Women are Recession Proof
May be, more men are becoming nurses and educators these days. But will they be able to excel in nursing and teaching jobs as women do? The answer is NO.

WTF? Saying the answer is "NO" is a non-answer. How on earth could any reasonable person say that men can't excel in nursing and teaching jobs? I have male nurse friend - he's an ER nurse and I've seen him work - he's incredible at his job. Some of the best educators I've had were men. WTF? Sexist and stupid.

4. Working Women more educated than Men

Women are significantly better at remembering words, phrases and facts. This evolutionary trait gained by women help them in going for higher studies more often, and shining out with good results every time.


I wouldn't say that women are significantly better at remembering words, phrases and facts - I do believe that women are more verbally adept than men - but I don't agree that this anymore of an evolutionary trait than a cultural one. I also that men are frequently discouraged from teaching at the primary school level and I suspect that in early education, children who share the same gender as their teacher, tend to do better than children who do not share the same gender as their teacher in a given class for whatever reason. I think, especially in the United States, the culture of the primary school classroom tends to expect more academic competence from girls than boys and I have observed in my own experience that female primary school teachers tend to fixate on male behavioral issues at the expense of academic ones.


5. Women are better at managing Finances
I hear this all the time, but I see no real world evidence of this. I think this is simply a myth. I know just as many women who have filed for bankruptcy as I do men. Yes there are men who squander fortunes and yes there are women who squander fortunes. I see no basis in the authors assertion that women are more "farsighted" than men - I'm sorry - for every example you can give me where this is true, I can provide you an example to the contrary.


And to add one final point - I know of a couple that lives in this role reversal scenario. And I can tell you that the same issues, stresses and problems arise that could be observed in a more "traditional" arrangement. I think things would be much better in this world if we fixated less on the differences between genders and focused more on the similarities - in fact, that general philosphy would do much to solve most of the problems and inequities present in humanity.

 

Who cares? No one should just accept anything, least of all based on something as trivial as gender. If it works, do it, if it doesn't, don't.

 

Well, that was a steaming, stinking pile of...But seriously, this article is written on the intellectual level of a petulant, immature middle school child. There's no evidence, merely speculative and highly dubious half-cocked conclusions that wouldn't bear up to any reasonable examination.

More attempts at marginalizing men through empty rhetoric and baseless assertions of feminine supremacy.

How refreshing to find this sort of content in the Women's Issues forum... </sarcasm>

 

I am so desperately tired of the 'war of the sexes'. I wish both men and women could just accept each other and work together. Some women like to stay home, some like to go out and work. Some men like to stay home, some like to go out and work. Geez.

 

Damn. Thought this was about crossdressing..

 

why is always gotta be men vs women ???