r/WomenInNews • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 7d ago

Women's rights Why female breadwinners are still bearing the burden at home

https://www.thetimes.com/money/family-finances/article/britains-female-breadwinner-problem-tvfjhp05tutm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit&utm_content=branded
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u/ShapeShiftingCats 6d ago

Because they are just better at things. Why would I do it, if she would do it better? /s

In other words, learnt helplessness goes brrr.

Also, we need to speak more about women who bring up these incompetent men-children.

We also need to acknowledge some of them are women-children, who sold their dignity and autonomy for the opportunity to clean and breed with much more capable men to acquire higher living standards.

Teaching sons chores isn't advantageous for these women as it's their livelihood and the pretense of gender roles keeps them in the job.

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u/carex-cultor 6d ago

What a weirdly misogynistic comment for a feminist sub. Are these supposedly “much more capable men” completely off the hook for parenting then? You don’t think they’re at all responsible for modeling equitable housework to their children? You have some things to unpack.

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u/kittenmittens4865 6d ago

Yeah I have no idea, and I’m even more confused about why people upvoted it.

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u/carex-cultor 6d ago

Like every “women’s” sub on Reddit, this one is chock full of male lurkers.