should people learn about traditional gender roles?

This GOP says yes.

I think the only gender role that should be taught - other than past ones taught in a history class the way people lived in the past - is that sometimes the toilet seat is up and sometimes its down.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/phil-gingrey-doma-gender-roles_n_3466605.html

what say you?

 

Shut it wench and make me a sandwich.


:Angel:

 

Now I REALLY need a new monitor, after this and the other 2 posts, I'll never get the spit tea off it again

 

"Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) told colleagues on the House floor on Tuesday that young boys and girls should take classes on traditional gender roles in a marriage because there are some things fathers do "maybe a little bit better" than mothers."

lol. My wife has spent the day putting up wood panels in our porch, I was told to get out the way and leave her to it.

 

Clearly you're gay and married a lesbian. How else can you explain this.

 

By pretending to be bloody useless at almost everything.

 

- Man should make "major" decision such as who should we vote for the next president?
- Woman should make "minor" decision such as what color of refrigerator should we buy?

 

As a former stay-at-home dad married to a feminist attorney, I say the Huffington Post can get bent.

 

My "traditional gender roles" is on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I have to be on top. For the rest days of the week, if my wife wants to be on top, that will be OK with me.

I'm talking about bunk bed.

 

you are clearly a womitch.

 

Right on, bart.

http://simpsonswiki.net/wiki/Get_bent!

 

but what sort of sammich? cheese? turkey? vegemite?

 

and speaking of, Dean has to tell me what he wants on his sandwich.

 

mitch, of course!

 

I would say no to traditional gender roles, but I'd love some sort of home ec course teaching kids how to cook a couple of nutritious dishes, how to balance a budget, how to arrange finances and save for retirement, what sorts of insurances you need at different points in your life, how much to spend on rent and car payments, etc., etc. I'd of course insist that the same content be taught to all genders of students.

 

I think we can all guess about my opinion of gender roles, I've already thrown mine to the wind!

 

Once upon a time this existed. I've still got my dad's old home economics textbook around somewhere and I learned far more about taking care of myself (living alone and all - but equally applicable if circumstances change) from it than anything else.

Sadly schools have largely replaced Home Economics with Food Technology and Textiles now - because apparently an understanding of assembly lines and marketing (which neither actually teach you) are much more valuable than knowing how to balance a household budget, do some basic DIY, do experimental cooking, get stains out of the carpet and so on.

So I think traditional gender roles do have their value, but purely for content. Let's get the gender out of it and just start making them general roles.