In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality, and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than their parents did and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than the "battle of the sexes".
If the process goes too far and man’s role is regarded as less important-and that has happened in some cases-we are as badly off as before, only in reverse.
It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of "Momism"-but we don’t want to exchange it for a "neo-Popism". What we need is rather the recognition that bringing up children involves a partne
A. is best felt in hands of social workers and specialists on the family
B. is similar in all families
C. needs to be reached in ways unique to each family
D. is not necessary in household where sharing is done
In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decision makes for equality and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the "battle of the sexes".
If the process goes too far and man’s role is regarded as less important—and that has happened in some cases—we are as badly off as before, only in reverse.
It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of "Momism" — but we don’t want to exchange it for a "neo-Popism". What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children
A. fundamental to a sound democracy
B. not pertinent to healthy family life
C. responsible for Momism
D. what we have almost given up
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