I feel like the gender roles just need to be forgotten. As a species we need to move past the animalistic way of looking at gender “the male is the provider and the female gets protected and bears kids…etc” people should feel free to do what they want, be who they want, love who they want, and be treated fairly. Men shouldn’t be expected to provide (ie. pay on first date and for the rings…etc) because men aren’t the dominant sex and woman shouldn’t need to rely on them for anything. And woman shouldn’t be expected to show off for anyone since their bodies are theirs alone. Men and woman should stop following the cultural norms just because that’s how it is, like why shouldn’t the woman buy the ring or heaven forbid the couple split the bill for it, or maybe the man could be a good cook and a stay at home father while his wife is the bread winner. I just think that all of our sexist expectations should be thrown out the window, leaving behind just people. Cause if you look objectively from both sides (male and female) we all have gender expectations and gender based discrimination shoved down our throats, it’s bad for both sides and this isn’t even taking into account the lgbtq. Everyone gets the shitty end of the stick and nobody wins, you’d almost rather get snipped and be done with it rather than to be told how to live or be expected to live a certain way just because of your gender.

Ps. sorry for the rambling, just some shower thoughts that started flowing out of my brain And I don’t ever really get to talk to other people about this sort of stuff so I’m interested to see what other people’s opinions are on my take