Gender Role: Breadwinner and Mother: Adjust to It

This article brings up alot of difficult issues concerning how women break out of gender roles and establish equality in terms of how other people view their lives: Breadwinner and Mother: Adjust to It

The fact is work done in the home is not considered to be 'work' no matter whose doing it. The judgments that are made about either gender are different but still usually misplaced:

Housewives:

- What a waste of education! Why isn't she out working, using her brain?

- She's obviously not liberated. A real feminist doesn't clean and cook all day and rely on a man brings home the bacon.

- He probably doesn't let her work, otherwise she's be out there at a 9-5.

Househusbands:

- No job? She supports the family? He's obviously a bum.

- Sure, he's taking care of the kids, but children really benefit more from the mother being at home?