I see it more from a biological point of view than an ideological one. A relationship must be symbiotic for there to be mutual benefit. Parasitic relationships, which abound in underdeveloped countries, are rooted in a cultural history that has been perpetuated over time.
I know families in the Third World where it is the interest in what the other has that maintains the relationship, but there is no love in these relationships. Women who become hamsters, having and having children just to keep the man around. I have not experienced this in Canada.
If we continue to speak in biological terms, men, and women exist to complement each other in every way -perpetuating the species is the most important of all…-.
Yes, which is why this 1 for 1 equality just doesn't work. We aren't equal in what we do, or how we do it. Pretending we are is nonsense.