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Originally Posted by greencreeper
Seems to me that notion of a man supporting the woman pre and post pregnancy belongs in the days of olde, when men were men and women stayed at home, usually near the kitchen. Women these days are more than capable of self-sufficiency. Seems to me that feminists want equal rights and men still to hold the door open. AKA having your cake and eating it.
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Yes, women are and have always been capable of 'self-sufficiency'. Although of course we have to consider facts such as 70% of the 1.2bn people in poverty are women and children, 21% of the world's managers are female, women in full-time jobs earn an average 17% less than British men, women in part time jobs earn an average 42% less than British men and that 1% of the titled land in the world is owned by women. (All facts reported by the Independent on Wednesday). It's not just about 'equal rights', but rather joint responsibility and a semblence of a fair playing ground, which evidently we don't have.
In my experience it's invariably the mother left holding the baby, be it the one who has to take time off work for child sickness, or whatever.