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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 07:28 PM
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97. No. The story would be a tear-filled story of loss due to the husband's long unemployment..
In fact, it would have emphasized the husband's fruitless job search and the duration of his unemployment, and the impact that has on the wife and child.

When a man is the homemaker, he is exploiting his wife and is to blame for a collapse of the household economy.

When a woman is the homemaker, she's a blameless and helpless victim of the collapse of the household economy, usually due to his financial mismanagement.

Personally, I'd agree with your statement. A wife who won't get off her ass to support her family in their hour of need should be kicked to the curb.

... but society at large doesn't think that way, and neither does the conventional DU wisdom.
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