[Assungusa]

If people stuck to traditional gender roles and family values, a lot of problems would be solved. For example, in America, you have young, single women entering the workforce. These girls are hired by companies who have quotas to employ women, so they might be hired over men who are equally or more qualified. They live by themselves, and take home a high salary which is squandered on luxuries for themselves. Similarly, young men who work and live by themselves spend all their earnings on themselves.

Now, if that young man and that young woman had gotten married, with the man working and the woman taking care of the house and kids, then the salary for one job would have provided for an entire family, and not been squandered on luxury items. Moreover, the other job would then be freed up for another young man upon whom providing for his family is an obligation. More jobs to go around for those who need them, and less waste.

First, the rising cost of living is increasingly prohibiting the existence of single-working-parent households. It's just too expensive to send your two kids to university, feed the family, pay mortgage on the house and drive (a) car(s) with just one parent working.

Secondly, who are you to dictate who plays what role in society? Why should a young woman stay home if she doesn't want to and why should a young man be forced to provide for the family if he chooses not to? If the family is working with the mother earning money, what's wrong with that? Why should your religious views dictate what others do?

-Jas