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Everyday Battles against Patriarchy, Culture and other irritants.

Everyday Battles against Patriarchy, Culture and other irritants.

Today I held back on going to the gym because I had to make coffee for my husband. And that got me thinking. If asked, we would automatically define household as modern, our relationship as one of equals etc. Yet much our roles are played out in the conventional mould. The reason, I concluded is the result of our upbringing. My husband, like all men of his generations, has been provided, by rearing and / by education with a skill set that is marketable, employable and can be exchanged for money. Me?Read more

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