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Does doing the actual childcare not constitute providing for their family? I'd argue that if men see bringing in an income as providing and not other things (an
by nicoburns 5y ago
Does doing the actual childcare not constitute providing for their family? I'd argue that if men see bringing in an income as providing and not other things (and I don't think that's universal at all) then that's entirely cultural.
- decafninja 5y ago"Providing for the family" traditionally refers to bringing in an income. Of course technically that's not the only thing, but for argument's sake. I'm curious - are there any human cultures where the woman was the traditionally (as in, not a recent modern phenomenon) the breadwinner and the men stayed at home? I know there are cultures that were matriarchal in leadership, and that there are animal species (i.e. lions) where the female does the hunting. But were there any true "Amazon" cultures in the past?
- staticman2 5y agoWomen needed to stay with the kids to breastfeed. Baby formula was only invented around 1865. Any traditional culture is going to need women to stay with the babies to keep them from starving. However women would take babies with them while doing things like picking nuts and berries.
- tsol 5y agoWetnurses were employed when a mother wasn't in a position to breastfeed babies for thousands of years
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