Expectations – yes, it is the right word. The husband has certain expectations from the wife, and the wife has certain expectations from the husband, and when one fails or does not live up to the other’s expectation, the marriage starts to crumble. This is common and it’s happening even now when you are reading this.
Today a man and a woman are earning the same, and in certain cases, the wife is earning more than the husband. This economic change is vital to the changing roles of the husband and wife in marriage; while women have an assertive role to play at their work stations, they do not want to be submissive when it comes to managing the household. The men, on the other hand receive a lot of help economically with their wives working, and at the same time lose the dominance they once had on the women in the house.
Both husband and wife should treat each other as equals and share all the household chores; they should be able to connect to each other well by way of free communication. If husbands and wives do not struggle to make ‘gender equality in marriage’ a truth, the marriage is likely to fall apart sooner or later.
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