Man of the house

Who is the Man of the house? Yes, traditionally men bring home the bacon. But who decides where the bacon goes? Traditionally women to the dishes, they take care of the kids and the house but they are not as powerless as we say. In one of my favorite quotes from "My big fat Greek Wedding"..."The man is the head of the family but the women are the neck and they can turn the head any way they want". After the presentation in class today we discussed our fathers and mothers roles in our own households quite extensively. It seemed, looking back on the discussions that every house is different in terms of who is allotted the work. In some it is more the mother than the father, in some the children do it, and in some households that isnt an issue because of maids. I did not hear anyone say that their mother or their father did all the work, 100 percent of it. Like the presentation stated, attitudes towards women working is becoming more accepting. In one of the videos we were shown in class the man and woman were sharing responsibilities of taking care of their children. The woman even stated that working gave her a fulfillment that contributed to her happiness. Unlike in the past when it was assumed that the only way to make a woman happy was for her to be working as a full time mother we are seeing woman expressing the need to fulfill themselves in other ways as well.  Another part of the discussion that I found very interesting was when we talked about what happens to relationships when a person supports their spouse while their spouse gets an education and then they split up. We also discussed how men who have girlfriends or wives that earn more them justify themselves by stating that they supported their wives while they were going to school in order to get this high paying job.