>But it's undeniable that those traditional gender roles remain all too prevalent. Agreed - and my point is this is codified in law, even in my nominally polit

>But it's undeniable that those traditional gender roles remain all too prevalent. Agreed - and my point is this is codified in law, even in my nominally politically progressive state. As many of the other posters in this thread have pointed out, this isn't just sour grapes, but rather a bankruptcy-producing problem perhaps on the same order as our systemic problems with health-induced financial calamity. It is an example of systemic government failure.