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Originally Posted by sluce

PG - I am often shocked and saddened by your archaeic notions of how men and women should behave in relationships, marriage and parenting. It's as if men can do no wrong. I hope you someday wake up and live in the real world. You'll find many, many women who are successful in business, in love, in marriage and in parenting. They do it without being submissive and allowing their fathers and then husbands to rule their lives.

The changes over the last 40 years have been wonderful for women and men. A recent study showed that the generation of men getting married today have grown up in families with working mothers and have seen that it takes two people treating each other as equals to make it work. They are entering their marriages realizing that their wife may continue to work outside the home after they have kids and even that they have the choice to be the one to stay at home if they so choose. They go in knowing they must share the parenting roles and household chores. They view marriage as a partnership. Many come from divorced parents and are trying to make their marriages stronger so they won't get divorced. Real men do not feel the need for their partners to be less of a person so they can feel better about themselves. I'm sure there are still enough cavemen out there who want the little lady at home barefoot, pregnant and making them dinner. Women who actually want that should have their choice of them since most women don't want them.

Women have also benefitted because they now know they can make it on their own if they need to. They are leaving marriages where they are abused more often. They are making decisions to not raise their children in an environment where they will see their mothers abused, neglected or treated as second class citizens. Far too many still stay but hopefully the trend will continue to rise and women will begin to love themselves enough to leave these situations. Women are keeping their maiden names or hyphenating more than ever as a way to honor their own family. I say we owe a huge debt and gratitude to the women who went before us and struggled to pave the way so we could have these choices!

upon finishing the thread.... ding ding .. we have TKO!