Without a doubt there are women such as yourself who want to play a subservient role to the men in their lives. They have found partners who want and value the same thing. How great.., something to celebrate.

But to generalize and say that this is representative of women in general, or of men for that matter, feels out of touch. Many have moved beyond this way of thinking.

Equal pay for equal work means exactly that. Everyone should be able to choose the type of work they do, the education they pursue and be successful at whatever fulfills them. And they should be compensated and measured against the same criteria. That is not happening right now.

If there are woman who (don’t) want to be in male dominated professions (and visa versa — men in female dominated) good for them. Choose what they like. If they can and want to do the same work… let them and pay them equally. And the few men I know who are stay at home dads are not emasculated by that choice.

I know very few women right now who want to be taken care of by a man. They are interested in partnerships that honor and value each other’s unique contributions and or abilities. They may have a long way to go for the playing field to be leveled, but they are pursing their equality one step at a time, looking forward to the day when the old dogma… and patriarchal dominance is no longer the status quo.

I get how a woman who sees herself as less than, different or weaker would feel challenged by these changing times. Similarly for a the man who sees himself as better than, different or stronger. Yet from my perspective.., I love the direction of equality we are moving towards.