These days more fathers stay at home and take care of their children while mothers go out to work. What could be the reasons for this? Do you think it is a positive or a negative development?

In our current times, a significant augmentation of househusbands is taking place leaving their wives to work
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taking care of the children.
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essay will discuss why
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occurring
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of changes in our lifestyle and how it is a positive indicator of our development. Stay-at-home fathers are more frequent throughout the years and it is a repercussion of our current lifestyle.
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our approach to gender equality and the repartition of roles following it. Male-female equality is one of the main reasons for that phenomenon. Where the husband,
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of commanding and leaving house care to his wife, opts for a more comprehensive approach.
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means both parents take responsibility for their duties and choose their roles based on their merit and abilities. In that case, it explains the rise of househusbands, which could be done by the decreasing number of housewives.
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, in 2020 in Glasgow, a newlywed adopted that way of life and now feels more relieved, feeling great about the role they both have chosen. Since
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their whole neighborhood has adopted
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a way of life. These occurrences are positive as they enhance the life of millions of households, by giving a chance to each couple, to do what they want. The positive effect of the “abnormality” is clear, it brings couples to a new level of comprehension without any restriction or obligation
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gender. It encourages the flourishment of each of the parent's capacities and interests without holding back.
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, a couple in Mexico has been known in their neighbourhood for being in a toxic relationship in 2022, but since 2024, they found out, with the help of friends from Glasgow, that gender doesn't matter in a relationship's roles. Now, both husband and wife live happily together, with the father taking care of the children and home, and the mother going out working. In conclusion, these repeating cases are an indicator of happiness and evolution for households. Its positive impact can only be explained by the increasing amount of people gaining a conscience of how superficial and wrong patriarchy was.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • breadwinner
  • caregiving
  • paternal leave
  • societal perceptions
  • gender roles
  • flexible working conditions
  • personal preference
  • father-child relationship
  • emotional and social development
  • household responsibilities
  • career opportunities
  • professional achievements
  • balanced parenting
  • earning potential
  • social stigma
  • societal pressure
  • discrimination
  • traditional mindsets
  • resentment
  • adjustment
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