I believe that women and men can be equal in both spheres of family and workforce. As a feminist, I support women who choose to be mothers and not work, I support women who work and their partners stay home with the kids, and I support partners who divide the work equally and dabble in both spheres. Personally, I want to work, get a doctorate and be a mother. My partner also has the opportunity to choose what he decides to do, whether it's working, staying at home with his parents, or doing both tasks equally. My family and I do not share similar values regarding gender role ideology. My father holds a strongly traditional view of the separation of the roles of men and women. She believes that women should be the ones doing the cooking, cleaning, taking out the children and then raising them. Men are exclusively the breadwinners and once he gets home from work, there should be dinner on the table with the kids in bed shortly after while he sits in the armchair and watches television all night. My father was very upset and didn't understand why I didn't want to get married right after high school and actually wanted to get my bachelor's degree, let alone a Ph.D. My father does not accept my opinions and we argue a lot about multiple issues and beliefs. My mother, on the other hand, is a little better and has at least a transitory view of gender role ideology. Both my mother and stepfather
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