Talk:Patrimalarkey 2: Woman's Work

• Also discuss the roles of parents
  • Historically men and women worked close to where they lived
  • Children were often involved in work

Originally planned to be a FB post. Better in the article:

Glad this is being discussed.

A lot of people (even a lot of MRAs) buy in to 'bad history' about the historical roles of men and women.  Historically fathers did play a major part in the upbringing of their children.  Most  
people throughout history spent much of their time near their home (hunting, gathering, or working in a field) and the children were often involved in the work too.

It was only with the advent of mass transit in the 19th century that people started to do a daily commute.  When that happened men tended to be the ones that commuted further (as is still true  
today).  This resulted in fathers spending more time away from home and having less contact with their children during the day.