Terrace Standard, Wednesday, JUNE 12, 1991 — Page A11 ST! ~ Two hundred or so years ago, dads role as guardian of his flock was almost absolute. His responsibility 3 embraced the guidance, and sometimes F the rearing, of his offspring. But'that was before the Industrial Revolution. After the beginning of centralized production and the advent Sof gigantic factories, lifestyles changed to rebel. They have b t demands of corporate careers in favor ‘radically. Dad now had to trek off to the factory, often miles from his home. ? While dad ‘was away, mom suddenly had much more to do, She now had the added responsibilities of keeping law and order in the household as resident disciplinarian; of supervising elemental lessons in reading, writing and arith- @ metic; of basic religious training. “Dad had been elevated, or relegated, | to the moral and ethical Icader, the’ threat of coming punishment if behav- jor patterns weren't altered — “Just A wait until your father comes home.” dads have begun been resisting the . But in recent years, of the satisfactions of participating in for their children and for themselves. family development. They are opting And, it’s highly unlikely we will ever go to shorten working days, maybe by back to the days when mom's domain laking ‘sore “homework” to finish up was thechildren and the kitchen. after the kids have been hustled. off bed. And with the ready availabilit computers, fax machines, home office copiers, etc., it’s not so-hard to get tore accomplished in the friendly environs of home than. in the impersonal structure of so many offices. ve ; oe, Then, the working mom places new responsibilities on dad, If mom is pay- ing for her share of the household expenses, dad's going to feel that it’s up to him'to pitch in with chores ‘around the house — everything from washing dishes to diapering, from dust- ing table tops to teaching moultiplica- ‘tiontables, vie Today, fully seventy-five percent of _mothers with children under 18- ate in the workforce — to fulfill themselves by using the skills they've acquired, to help achieve a higher standard of living . Spec § oz. Ham Steak 2 Eggs Hashed Browns | Coffee or Tea Slumber Lodge Restaurant @@ Fathers Day ‘ ecial ( G 95° — = p.m. to Modem mothers want more and they of give more to get what they want. Father's want more time with k So dad has been getting more and around the house has evaporated. Most Men yearn for wife ’ Father's Day 1991 finds many men nostalgic for the less complicated lives their fathers lived. A man was expected to be a breadwinner, while mom had the main responsibilities _for running the household and rearing. the kids. Economic and social roles were far more sharply defined and divided, - A recent poll of 17,000 members of the PRODIGY service found signifi- cant disagreement both between men and women and within each gender about appropriate male/female-roles in the 1990s, - confused about whether it's okay [0 | hold doors open for women and give Gra ee s <= nd Trunk Restaurant Terrace Slumber Lodge 4702 Lakelse Ave., i eg Terrace, B.¢,,.¥8G ARG. the - 635-6302 eel r This Father's Day ‘ Stock #J980-SM Reg. Price $125.98 home electric : smoker | | $7998. SPECIAL... ees a Men in the poll said they are. . them seatson buses. |. _. Is such old-fashioned chivairy sexist ‘and patronizing these davs? A minority of women said yes, but most women complained that men display this “chivalry” tao little. No wonder men - are confused. The poll is part of a continuing series on current and social issues con- ducted by the PRODIGY service, which links family computers to a broad range of information and such transactions as shopping, banking, bro- kerage and travel ticketing. (Consumer information is available at 1-800- PRODIGY.) A leading producer of polls, the service asks questions ag Bast more domestic, partially in response to parents simply cannot afford it. his own urge to be closer to the Family, . partially in response to the aspirations of the two-income family. And the hope of hiring good hands to help And though it's great to have a man around the house, a lot of the work dad has taken over was once done by the like dear weekly of its more than oné million members. many of whom volunteer sesponses through their computers. This poll drew an unusually large number of responses and passionale write-in comments. Despite the on- going battle of the sexes, both men: and women say love, But todays man. may have to work harder-at impressing a woman because. according tothe poll, men tend to admire women more than women admire men. ‘The older.a woman becomes. the less she finds in men to admire. . Both men and women are more like- ly to think women are winning the bal~ ids they are looking for” kids, so the net effect on mom’s work. load could be nil! It’s still mother. who does most of the shopping,.cleaning, « bookkeeping and cooking. Maybe the more things change, the. more they stay the same. : old dad's Ue of the sexes. But un even Jarger foup thinks it's a no-win propasition ‘or both parties. The major casualty has apparently been romance. A majority of men and women think these are less romantic times than our grandparents’ + Bur women tend to endorse sexual equality more warmly. despite the. feeling among both men and women that it has hurt personal-relation: ships. Men.in the poll were more likely 10 express a yearning fora return to traditional values. defined in part as marriage and fidelily but also perhaps hinting at something more ineffable and elusive. 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