Nora Helmer just wanted to provide for her husband. Unfortunately that was not a possibility back in "those days". These days however, its not common, but it is occasional that women are the primary providers of the family. For example my friend Chris's dad is now "retired" but I'm not sure, while his mom is a lawyer downtown and works for one of the major hospitals. However a lot of families are like my own were both parents now work. Like the previous posts, I asked the almighty google what it thought. Gave me an article from New York.http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9495/ (p.s. sorry for any awkwardness that comes from the article it was the best I could find)
Apparently women are now becoming successful, but men are not welcoming the change as well. In most cases when the woman earns more, the woman loses respect for the man and the man feels emasculated, destroying any resemblance of the relationship. By switching the roles, the author points out that it causes an identity crisis for those in a relationship.
I found this really interesting.when you compare it to the saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." Society has been so ingrained with stereotypes and traditions, that despite everyone's desires to change things, it will take a long time for things to change. " A Doll's House" was released in the early 20th century, that article comes from the 21st. There has been improvement, but we as a culture are far away from complete conversion.
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