Simon says.

I think it's ridiculous to even think about assigning roles like that based on gender. It's completely stupid. I think each partner should do the things that they are best at, and not worry about whether it fits their gender role. For example, my husband being a better cook than me, he does more cooking than I do when we are both working. =P

Both of them should talk about household chores schedule. Maybe they can switch them every once in a while if they get bored, so there's some variation. I think in today's world, it's fine even though the woman gets more money than the man as long as the man's ego doesn't get crunched because of that. If both parties really care about each other, then they'll do anything they can to help each other out, even though they don't usually do it. However, this is not an ideal world indeed. I think in my case, I'd try to talk about household chores schedule with my hubby if I have a full-time job. In Finland, equality between genders is very obvious. Sometimes women have girls' day/night out whereas the guys take care of the kids. It happens a lot here. Plus lots of women here are very independent, so they also have full-time jobs. So I guess they do share household chores with their guys.

I think if both work then things should be shared in every way so it is a complete partnership, I think all sorts of housework and house maintenance should be taught in school to both boys and girls as one of lifes necessaties and if a couple can work out what each other likes best and then they can do that the most but sharing in my book is caring...

I think everything should be shared equally including housework and child rearing. It would be nice if both earned the same amount of money too.