Body: I grew up in a fairly traditional household. Not that my family worked against change or progress, but we were raised on old value and morals. My mother was a stay-at-home-mom (or SAHM as I've heard them referred to) while my father went to work. We were raised to avoid alcohol, smoking, and other drugs. The normal was that men dated women, and not to judge but help others.
I was also raised to be a gentleman. I was raised on stories of heroes saving princesses (or other women). I was raised to hold the door, pay for dinner, never require the woman to worry about the world. Maybe that's not the lessons my parents or other adults were trying to teach me, but that's what I took out of it. The man brings in money and treats the woman with the utmost respect. And that was fine for a while.
The disconnect here is that as I've become older I've been having a harder time figuring out what the woman's end of this deal is. Normally I'd expect that woman is supposed to take care of the children and the inner workings of the home. But that's not how things are. Not anymore. To even suggest that makes you into some kind of monster.
Women are free to choose their own life. They can do anything a man can (or at least are to be afforded the opportunity). Which is all fine and well. I have nothing against women, objectively speaking. It's when I compare all of these ideals with reality and find all to many women that still want the chivalry. They want men to treat them like princesses. They want the men to take care of everything, but they want to be allowed to do as they please.
Maybe I'm seeing things wrong here. I am, after all, looking at through the eyes of a guy. That right there seems to make me inherently wrong. So, if anyone has a better answer to this, please let me know. Also, I think this makes me some kind of a monster, so, "Rar!"
The End: Once again, Equality of Rights is also Equality in Responsibilities/Consequences. This doesn't just apply to women. This applies to anyone that feels they are getting the short end of the stick.
And since I still don't have those tasty, tasty kittens, here's a picture of something else for you:
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