Re: house husbands
Gender expectations are changing ever since women have become more financially independent and that trend is not going to change in the near future. Is it “bad” for a husband to stay home while his wife works? No, but it is socially unacceptable & thus he doesn’t earn respect from others.
But the more interesting discussion here is that in almost all cultures around the world when a woman does something that a man can do, it is considered an accomplishment, while the opposite is almost always not true. For example, there are no competitions for men who can crochet but the girl on the football team is a praised everywhere. “Women have short feet so they can stand close to the oven” is meant to be an insult, because somehow fixing the Z-350 deserves respect while kitchen work does not.