Gender Roles

In class we talked alot about gender roles. We focused on female typical and male typical roles such as women being good at nurturing and men being the providers in the home. I believe that we place ourselves in these roles not because we are cultured and forced into these roles but because we have inate gender typical strengths. When we recognize that our Heavenly Father has blessed us with different gifts we can better understand how to work together as a couple to help eachother and create a family in the way our Father planned for us. We talked in class about how some people believe equality among genders means the husband and wife both give 50/50. Meaning they both spend as many hours outside of the home working as they do inside of the home working. I believe this leads to the break up of families. When we become too independent and stop relying on eachother for help and support we become two individuals with seperate lives living in the same house. Instead we should use the gifts we have been given and allow our spouse to use their strengths to make up where we lack instead of trying to do it all ourselves. If we follow that pattern our Father in Heaven has created for the family we will be the happiest.