are you saying your mother sat at home and watched soap operas all day while your father worked 55 hours a week. and mister, housework takes less than 8 hours yes, but if you have children that takes up a hell of alot more time than just 8 hours. most men after having the child they most deperatly want, delegate the chore of looking after the child to the mother, and this is a fact....youll see this alot in our society.
My father worked more than 55 hours a week, my mother worked as well and the parents split responsibilities for home care. Thats what civilized people do.
as far as society, there is not one culture, there are many subcultures in the society. so the part of society I associate with, this type of jahilana mentality is not the norm.
as far as taking care of kids and home, couple of points
1) sorry, not true, we have twins and while it is work, its not like they need every minute
2) kids are only a high level of work for a couple of years.
3) eventually kids go to school, then what is the excuse then? unless someone is popping one every year for a dozen years, the time when child care takes a lot of time is really a handful of years.