Sometimes couples fall
into traditional gender roles which can become a barrier to being a couple again.
Early on, both families found themselves slipping
into traditional gender roles.
Then research by Philip and Carolyn Cowan indicated that if both partners wanted the pregnancy — and didn't slide back
into traditional gender roles once the baby was born — the initial shock of new parenthood disappeared and their marriage would be back on a happy marital track.
Not exact matches
If a man has been confined
into believing he must adhere to
traditional gender roles all his life, he may not be a fit for being a stay at home parent.
According to a post on The Gottman Institute's website, «Slowly but surely, even for couples who are fiercely opposed to
traditional gender roles in their relationship, we find ourselves in
gender specific
roles during the first few years of parenthood that can remain in place
into adolescence.»
Those countries were divided
into five categories (Scandinavian, Anglo - Saxon, Continental, Southern, and Eastern); the categories reflected not just geography but also work protection policies and
traditional gender roles.
The report concludes that social pressures push men and women
into different majors and career tracks based on
traditional gender roles.