There’s a deep attitude in society that’s entering our communities that men are incompetent, men are stupid, men are disposable. It’s ok to degrade men in ways that society would never tolerate with the treatment of women. There was an advertisement for a kosher frozen fish that showed the husband as an incompetent fool incapable of making supper. Of course, the wife comes in to save the day. This is not acceptable, and it is not ok. Men are being decimated by this society, and we can thank women’s lib.
I’m fond of Satmar chasidim for one reason. The men there are men, the women women. They’re stuck in the 50s, and that’s a great thing. It’s expected that almost all men go to work. They learn to the point and don’t waste their time with mental gymnastics in the kollelim. The ladies raise the kids, go shopping, deliver meals to hospitals. Nobody seems to complain there. Everyone has their role, and there’s shalom bayis.