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Inside polish women's psychology and mind [109]
I would imagine Polish women are going through a similar revolution as Western Europe in the 60s/70s. It is a kick-out against a very traditional, repressive (to some) culture where the woman is only valued as a woman if she is a perfect mother and home-maker.
You are forgetting
Poland's communist era, when women were valued members of the workforce.
The separation of the sexes that was evident in the "West" and the sexism associated with it, was not as prevalent here in Poland.
I find this to be a typical cultural mistake, "my culture went through this so 'their' culture must be doing the same".
I find that now in Poland there is a fair amount of ''return to traditional pre-communist values" as a house wife but women in the workforce is certainly nothing new here.
Children are sometimes used to tie a woman to a home, keep her quiet (tired) and within her role. This way she doesn't threaten the male: she cares for him and the children.
Again this would not have been the case for the majority of women.
Working in the factories in cities, during communism in Poland, people would leave their kids in daycare facilities or with extended family, grandparents etc...
The mother shoulders 99% of the practical responsibility for the children, and it is a matter of honour (or has been made so) that she doesn't need help from anyone else
Although I have noticed that women are the main care takers for the children here in Poland, the family unit is very different being a multi generational extended family as opposed to a nuclear family . With up to 5 generations living under the same roof being the norm here in Poland. Forming a support group and having direct contact with all the living generations and taking care of the children.
And, should she ever really step out of line or ask too much of her husband, she may well get the back of a hand to show that she has overstepped the mark, one evening when she has 'driven' him to drink ...
Although domestic violence is as much a problem here as it is in any "Western" country, to make such crass and extreme claims is just preposterous.
And yet, while she still has no children, the man will be as good as gold, because he needs her, to create his family, and therefore continue the progression of his status in life.
Now you just sound like a man hater.
