The Battle of The Sexes: How The Roles Have Reversed

I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for 15 years. Yes, I did say boyfriend. I know that’s a long time to be someones girlfriend but it is what it is. I know that our relationship is no where near a traditional one but I do love him and I have pledged my heart to him in my own mind. I do not need a piece of paper, signed by some powerful judge to tell me I am married. I live it everyday. Yes, I, as well as, my other lady friends have chosen to stay in these intensely frustrating home lives but we still have a voice to protest with. 

I often dream of what it must have been like to live in times of chivalry. I bet it was glorious. Those must have been times of great romance and extreme passion amongst big strong take charge kind of men and their most receptive and delicate flowers known as woman. I let my mind wander to a time when men opened doors and took off their hats to a young woman passing by. I yearn to know what it must have felt like being guided through the entrance of a doorway with a gentle but firm hand placed lovingly on the small of my back. How sexy is that? I guess I was born a few decades too late.

How did we get here? How did we come so far? We have overcome so much. We are allowed to vote, to speak freely without ridicule. We can dress the way we want and work for our own money and run huge corporations. We have fought for equality, to be treated with respect and not be overlooked. Hell, I wouldn’t be able to write this article, if women hadn’t fought for their rights. We have come so far! But at what price? Haven’t we lost something as well? We lost all the good men! We have taken advantage of this power and now we have reversed roles with them. We are the bread winners now. We are the ones making more money but we are also still taking care of the house, the kids, the bills and the 5 day work week. Now we have put on ourselves more than what we were really ready for. We have chosen men that want us to take care of them instead of them taking care of us. We’re not only domestic goddesses any more more. We a working class super women.

I think we should really think about the situations we are in and really ask ourselves are we where we need to be as strong, powerful and successful women? Are we one half of a healthy equal relationship or are we taking care of a man that’s only there for the perks? Are we treating our love lives like a business deal? We need to fix this role reversal situation before it gets out of control. Let’s use some of that power of persuasion to get those men acting more like our men instead of our children.