Antiseptic wrote, “I didn't bring up feminism, david f did. I simply disagreed with him about what he said, digressing from this topic and then returning to it.”

I did not bring up feminism. I responded to Examinator who wrote, “FYI I think femanism is over the top and reactionary the same as male chest beating.”

I objected to the equation of feminism with male chest beating.

Haha Anti what has that got to do with my question? You're but a moth to the flame. I think you really are a closet feminist lover. You probably have wet dreams about SJF dominating you.

CJ Morgan,

'Some blokes here don't seem to realise that the days of man the hunter/breadwinner and woman the gatherer/homemaker are well and truly over in this society.'
Over? Reports of this death are greatly exagerated. There's plenty of people still happy with traditional gender roles. Plenty of other people unhappy with them but still engaged in traditional gender roles anyway.

Regardless of this 'equity' that you espouse, I'm sure society will always allow for couples to choose their roles, and some of these couples will choose 'man the hunter/breadwinner and woman the gatherer/homemaker'. In fact, you may not believe it, but 'equity' is still possible with traditional relationship roles. It is just as silly to suggest zero traditional role based relationships exist as it would be to suggest a future like The Two Ronnies 'Worm that Turned'. Although, I think anti might have seen that and taken it too much to heart.

It all sounds like a lot of bull to me. Whats it got to do with womens lib. If this woman was up to the job at hand she would not be bypassed, for a prostitute. There's 2 sides to this story , if it were true.

Houllebecq:"what has that got to do with my question?"

As much as your question has to do with my post. You're starting to sound like the proverbial empty drum, chum.

Do try harder, oh, that's right, you were...

Yabby - your 'fly-in fly-out' example is hardly typical of Austtralian families, and provides yet another reason why it is a poor form of labour management. I live in the bush and I can't think of too many families where the wife doesn't work at least part-time - often full-time - to contribute to the family income.

Houellebecq - I didn't mean to suggest that "traditional gender roles" don't persist in a minority of and defacto relationships. Rather, it's no surprise that those who choose them often become dissatisfied in the context of contemporary Western societies, where the majority of women expect to have lives that extend beyond the domestic sphere of sex, childrearing and housework.

Aren't you guys aware that it takes considerably more than one average income to service a mortgage these days, and that most women therefore engage in at least some paid work?