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what's wrong (as a female) to be taken care of?

getting everything you want from your man and be a home-maker instead . be mature with the replies you give, I genuinely want to know as a logical human being myself.

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There isn't anything wrong with that lifestyle, exactly, but many women don't find it particularly fulfilling, and so other options should always be open to women. It should also be considered that in today's economy, one working person often isn't enough to support a family.
Women dream of having careers too :smile:
What about the options open to men?
Reply 4
Men are not allowed to make that choice for themselves, they simply have to work. This is why I will always criticise women who 'want to be taken care of'. Because I'm not given that choice.
Reply 5
I want my partner to be protective and caring but I couldn't give up having a career myself. I'd also feel bad for hanging on him financially.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be taken care of. The issue this hetero-normative problem causes however, is that it makes it difficult for women who don't want to rely on anyone else to be taken seriously when they say so.
well it can be a farely boring existence i imagine. I wouldn't mind sitting around playing video games all day while someone pays for me though. I can be a kid again lmao.


I don't really find the idea of working while someone leaches off me appealing either.
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Original post by ChickenMadness



I don't really find the idea of working while someone leaches off me appealing either.


Yup, me neither.
you don't necessarily want to be in a position of being 'taken care of,' as other people can't be trusted. they're all human, they all make mistakes and you'll be left in a very weak position if you depend on them entirely
You mean looking after your snotty nosed kids all day, doing all the housework, and ever being expected to, and essentially being a slave? Martini at the door, dinner on the table, or whatever. Nah, you're alright, ta. Admittedly I wouldn't marry a guy like that anyway, I would expect him to understand that doing the 9-5 thing doesn't excuse him from engaging with home life. I mean, have you been around children? They are a ****ing nightmare. They say such insipid things, the mere thought of them is exhausting.

...hang on, what do I care? Don't want this!

Answer to OP: nothing, if it's what you want.
Reply 11
Absolutely nothing wrong with it. I guess you could say it is sort of natural. Then again, it's probably why feminists are so against it.
It's parasitical.
Reply 13
Original post by Birkenhead
It's parasitical.

sorry for the long reply


you give her stuff she in return brings up healthy children experiencing a mother's love 24/7 , worries about her cheating a reduced dramatically plus good s3x at night

if disagreed explain how she'd be a parasite
Oh, to marry a nice man and be his housewife and look after him and have his children and care for them all lovingly :daydreaming:
it's anathema to, even exploitative of feminism
Nothing wrong with it, we all want different things in life.

I personally couldn't because I'm a very self dependent person and relying on a man is definitely not for me.
Original post by porn induced coma
You mean looking after your snotty nosed kids all day, doing all the housework, and ever being expected to, and essentially being a slave? Martini at the door, dinner on the table, or whatever. Nah, you're alright, ta. Admittedly I wouldn't marry a guy like that anyway, I would expect him to understand that doing the 9-5 thing doesn't excuse him from engaging with home life. I mean, have you been around children? They are a ****ing nightmare. They say such insipid things, the mere thought of them is exhausting.

...hang on, what do I care? Don't want this!

Answer to OP: nothing, if it's what you want.


you sound useless
not because you dont want to be a house-wife, thats fine
but you sound ridiculously incompetent with kids, i just hope you dont have any.
Lol'd at the parasitical comment.

If that's what someone wants fair enough, that's if the other person wants it too - if it's not a agreeable by both parties then yeah it's parasitical; remember it's not just you - the guy's opinion matters just as much.
Original post by sdvds
sorry for the long reply


you give her stuff she in return brings up healthy children experiencing a mother's love 24/7 , worries about her cheating a reduced dramatically plus good s3x at night

if disagreed explain how she'd be a parasite


Because it's my money, not hers. Want money for bringing up children, become a nanny.

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