Would Western society be less broken if women reverted to their traditional roles?

Question

The western world has become increasingly "broken" and traditional values seem to mean nothing. All this because women think they should be free to perform the male role. Would society be healthier if women went back to their proper roles ie., having and raising children, keeping a nice home for the provider to come home to etc? Or is it just too late now?

Answer 1

No, it would be less broken if children were taught more respect and discipline, starting in their homes, by BOTH their parents. That discipline then needs to be carried on in schools, with backing from the parents that the school has the right to punish the children should the need arise. The vast majority of teachers do not want to punish a child just for the h**l of it, but because the child needs to learn discipline and respect. If young parents nowadays respected themselves more than they do, then they would teach correct values to their offspring, and then society would be a far safer and more pleasant place to live. The biggest problem with children now is their parents and their lack of decent parenting. That, plus the PC brigade, who have destroyed any chance of making youngsters become decent and caring citizens. Britain has gone over to the dogs completely. I am so glad to no longer live there and I feel very sorry for any decent people that have to stay there.

Answer 2

the reason society has fallen apart has nothing to do with women not staying home, its because laws are t lenient, if you commit a crime you are rarely punished and if you are its not something which would stop you doing it again, therefore society has stopped caring about one another and has no respect for anyone else. Also things like people being able to have as many children as they like with as many new partners and people living of the government instead of working etc.

It has nothing to do with women not being at home.

Answer 3

I do think today is the worse of 2 evils. Going back to the traditional way is not the answer, nor is feminism. I don't know the solution, but I do know this path is leading mankind to h**l, a lot faster than the traditional way was.

EDIT-- Thing550......People in western society may be wealthier (and its pr oven), but its also pr oven they are among the most unhappiest people living today.

Answer 4

Unfortunately it probably is too late for you. I don't know how old you are, but you seem quite set in your ways. Why don't you move abroad? There's still plenty of countries where it's still legal to beat your wife and you might find them more to your liking.

Answer 5

Maybe it would.  But times have changed and men need to adapt to the way society has progressed or miss out.  Nothing remains static and women often do have and raise children, do her housekeeping duties and also work in a job.

I know men would like to be appreciated for their hard work and I wish that men would do the same for women who do genuinely want to help out.

It is not up to a single person to decide what is best for society, it is a matter between a husband and wife.

I have also heard a fair bit about the US's struggles economically and in times like these, Amercian men are pushing for traditional wives?  That doesn't make financial sense, so I have been told.  Am curious about this.

Answer 6

Not at all.

We should put less emphasis on consumerism and materialistic need. Allowing both partners to play active roles within the household.

Was life really better back then?

You should put down your keyboard and pick up your club!!

Answer 7

Slavery. What a great idea! Forcing people into roles they don't want. That is one TERRIFIC way to revert to societal harmony!

Think of all the money we could save if we forced blacks back into unpaid servitude, too!

Answer 8

Marriage is between 2 genders, masculine and feminine... Females are acting masculineby going away from traditional roles and taking up the jobs which were considered masculine. They are acting the role of a Provider.

It is caused imbalance in the society coz it is like marriages between the same genders where both of the partners are acting masculine.

Coming to your question...Yes..it is possible that there are less divorces or broken homes if women revert to taditional roles.  

Another solution is to keep the balance in the society is that more and more men come forward to fillup the vacuum created by the women and take up the jobs which were traditionally considered feminine, the role of care-giver. They should be accept being the househusbands and if family required, they can take up the jobs of secretaries, PAs, Receptionist etc , the traditional female jobs...

Females have supported men forever, now it is the turn of men to pay back...Being feminine is not bad or derogatory.  Nowadays, genders are not by birth but it is by the way of behaviour of people and jobs taken up  by them. Everybody should understand that.

Answer 9

I'm smarter than most of the men I work with.  Why on earth would I want to stay home to cook and clean and completely waste my intelligence?  I'd be bored out of my mind within a week.  Besides, I hate kids and will never have any around my home.

Think about it: the traditional roles depended on the man's brute strength to hunt for dinner or grow crops.  Now that everything is computerized and uses intellect over physical strength, there is no reason for the little wifey to remain a mindless robot at home if she wants to go to work.

Also, in the current environment of cheating, divorce, b*****d kids, it is stupid for a woman to be completely financially dependent on a man.  If he leaves her or something happens to him, she would be incapable of providing for herself because dusting and laundry don't pay the bills.

Grrrrrr.....you hit a hot button with this one!  :-)  If the provider wants to have a nice place to come home to, he can do his share of the housework.  (I currently earn more than my boyfriend, does that make me the provider and him the one who should stay home to cook and clean for me???)

Answer 10

No...we'd all be stark raving mad from frustration and boredom and nothing would ever be finished by the men that began it! What makes society broken is a lack of respect for the individual as a person and seeing everything, including relationships as disposable. Valuing and loving the other person for themselves is what makes a marriage strong and an ideal environment to raise children.   Traditional values-yes, as long as your talking about faith, hope and love to each s*x.

Answer 11

The grass always looks greener in the past.  But here's the deal: women and men want to be happy.  That's all.  I am a woman who keeps the home, but my mother and sister are career women.  They wouldn't be happy in my situation.  Unhappy women and unhappy men would not help society.  Remember people's feelings: happy people are more likely to do nice things and contribute to society.

Answer 12

We don't think we should be "free to perform the male role" - we do, however, want to be treated more than a baby making machine and slave to a "provider".

If you have a daughter, would you like to see her being forced to stay at home to cook and clean when you know that she could have a fantastic career and make something of herself?

Answer 13

It depends on your idea of a workin society. Our society needs a very small amount of people at the very top, some more in leadership positions and a lot of workerbees. A strong family empowers children to get an education reflecting their full potential. That means quite a lot will be overqualified for more mundane work. Thats why strong families need to be discouraged, to preserve the social pyramid.

Answer 14

No.  There is a lack of morals that is harmful to society, not a lack of traditional roles.

Answer 15

I think balance has been lost.

I think care has been lost.

Answer 16

I don't share your view that Western society is "broken". I think society was much more broken in the past when slavery was legal and the battering and rape of women and children were not even considered important issues. I don't see how traditional gender roles will improve society-not all men can work; not all women have a partner to support them; and quite a few men like to caretake their children and many women like to work outside the home. You can't go back hon-society is different and it is better for the majority of us-it's just a few like you that can't adapt.      

Answer 17

Women can do what they like, anyway if every women was traditional the world would be boring!

Has it ever accord to you that not all women want to be housewife's, or fit into "gender roles", not to mention it is the 21st century not the 50s!

Maybe many women these days fit in gender roles, but that's not the case for all women, especially women like me!

I don't fit into gender roles and i never will.

I find this question offensive and sexist, but hey that's your problem not mine.

Answer 18

The idea that going out to work is more exciting than staying at home is a comparatively recent one.  In the pre-industrial era, most people worked in or near their own homes, and women were generally expected to muck in with the family business, whatever it might be, so most women did not glamorise work the way they do nowadays.  With the Industrial Revolution and the seperation of home and workplace, most married women who could afford it stayed at home, while the men went out to work.  This system worked very well for about 200 years, and then people like Betty Friedan came along and started insisting that married women were damaging society by staying at home, and that they should all be out at work.  Women were assured that being in an office or factory all day was much more thrilling than being at home with the children.  so married women all started rushing out to work.

Women nowadays seem to be totally dependent on work to give meaning to their lives "I couldn't stay at home, I'd be bored" they wail, apparently lacking any resources at all to keep themselves amused at home.  I cannot see any possibility of this situation changing.  Having been convinced that being out at work all day is the only meaningful way to spend their lives, they are unlikely to change now.  I think you will not find many enthusiastis for the idea that staying at home with the children is a good idea.

Answer 19

Yes, theoretically it would've been, but alas, it is, regrettably, too late; the pendulum has simply swung too far..

Answer 20

What's breaking us down is not the presence of women in the work place. I think it is the pressure for everyone to succeed, and mounting cost of living. People have to spend so much time at work that there is little time to spend with their family and friends. And with the advancements in telecommunications, the office isn't 9 to 5, it's everywhere you are. It follows you in your cell phone, laptop, blackberry... there is no escape.

It's no wonder some people show up to work with uzis.  o_O

Answer 21

Oh please, so she's left helpless and he can do whatever he wants regardless of her feelings because without him she's f*cked? No, its not good to be a sitting duck for black hearted person, which it seems that a lot of guys are....

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Answer 22

I agree totally with what your proposing...except you may not like the fact that the providers, as you call them, are increasingly female.  In the UK in less than 10 years, less than 20% of the workforce is going to be able bodied white male...oh! and that has nothing do with feminist conspiracies, that has everything to do with good ol' patriarchal, global capitalism...suck it up! x

And I am more than happy for my female partner to keep her business successful to keep me in my feminist L*****n idyll.

Answer 23

Was society less broken when men were able to stalk, rape and beat women without having to face legal consequences?

Answer 24

and do u think other societies where women's only job is to be a housewife and raise children isnt broken?why do ppl always blame women for everything ?i think that if in a society women didnt work then half the society is paralyzed besides who set gender roles ...no body so stop this stereotype nd try to be more logical next time

  edit:if u want someone to clean ur house and make u dinner then get a maid

Answer 25

So many long answers...so I'll just say this:

Yes poo poo, yes.

Answer 26

It's too late for that now. Personally I want the choice of working or being a stay at home wife. I'll do either. But I wouldn't want to be forced to be a SAHW. That will make things worse since a lot of women work rather then be a SAHW. Plus there are a lot of men that don't go for working all day. And there are a lot of single mothers.

And in this day things are too expensive for one person to be the one working. But I see where you are coming from poo poo. But the only thing that will happen if women were forced to be traditional is the next extreme boycott.

Answer 27

Interesting question.  I think it would be less broken if both men and women looked at the way they perceive the world and within that their roles.  Traditional always has wisdom same as modern always has wisdom but each also stupidity so perhaps the secret is to take the best and leave the rest.

Answer 28

I am a women, a mother and a feminist but I think society would be less broken if women got back to doing, what in the past they did very well, raise their children. Quite rightly before having children women should be free to  a life of their choice. Having children is also a choice but  once you have them, you have a responsibility not just to them but to society.Only mothers care enough about their own children to teach them to tie shoe laces, right from wrong manners etc, Only a mother would put themselves between their kids and a mad elephant! Women have always been the civilising force in society, have you ever heard a father ask his child to use his napkin etc, etc, that is though exactly where it starts. Civilise your children because no one else will and give them just a few years of your life while they are young and it will pay dividends. Staying home is not about catering to man, it is about raising well behaved, well adjusted and confident children and only women are capable of this. h**l I would trust my husband to raise a hamster! just ask my kids.

Answer 29

What's so very wrong with the direction western society is taking?

People today are wealthier than ever before in the history of the world. Even very poor people in most western countries with proper health and social security systems live better than comparitively wealthy people did a century ago.

People are healthier, living longer lives, are better educated and have access to global communications, products from all around the world and more leisure options than ever.

Of countries around the globe surveyed annually for various reasons, western countries always top the list of 'happiest', 'best pace to live' and 'most desirable'.

Seems to me people who say society is 'broken' are just afraid of change. Of course these times are different to the ones our great grandparents, grandparents and parents lived in, but take off your rose coloured glasses before you start thinking about going back.

Sure, there's lots more to be accomplished in the west, but just where else in time or place do you imagine you'd get a better deal?

Economically, materially and socially, people in the west are making great progress, and the only reason to stop is to turn around and go back. Who wants that, really?

Cheers :-)

Answer 30

Yeah it probably would, but these days finding a man who is willing to work all day and pay for everything is near impossible, plus the economy has changed so that one income simply isnt enough to pay a mortgage etc, you may hanker after the old days, but they aint coming back, society will just have to adjust, and if you are saying society is "broken" you clearly read too many tabloid newspapers, I hate the way young men are demonised by the gutter press, its simply not the case, most young men are trying to make a living and getting on with their lives, the tiny minority of douchbags who commit crimes and make the papers are making society afraid of our own children, its time we wound in the stupid sensationalist press and forced them to tell the truth.

Answer 31

Women should not go back to accepting violence and abuse or being domestic servants for their husbands while they go to the pub!!!!

Anything broken in our society is not the fault of working women. Both sexes are capable of loving their children, teaching them right from wrong, building their esteem, ensuring their safety, feeding and clothing them.

It's judgemental, out of date attitudes like yours that are harmful to society!!!!