No, this is what pop psychology tells us, that women are from Venus and Men are from Mars. It sells books, it doesn't solve problems, it creates new problems when people are too swayed into these assumptions to be willing to deal realistically with what's in front of them like mature adults. It's as bad as astrology or enneagrams.
Women do establish status in their conversations but in a more roundabout way. Men do nurture but without setting up endless apron strings about it.
So men and women are exactly the same and do everything exactly the same way?
There are differences that are natural to each of the sexes. It doesn't mean that a man is never nurturing or a women is never seeking status. But you jumped on what I said before I explained myself, which I was going to
maybe do in another post.
The solving the problem is realizing what the differences are and then changing our own behavior accordingly. One can never change anyone else.
Example: A lot of time I get upset with how the men talk to each other on CathInfo. I realized it didn't bother the men all that much, so I was trying to understand why. Many times I feel (I know feelings aren't really allowed here) misjudged by my posts, and I wondered why the women tended to understand better and I felt the men were accusing me of being sanctominous, or a Karen. This is why my son came up with this nurture vs status and I thought it was great, so I wanted to talk about it. He hasn't read Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus.
Again my post was focused on helping others understand (nurturing), yet some how it was changed into Pop physchology. Because of modernism and the lack of church guidance, we no longer have this information passed from generation to generation. So before you quick judge my meaning, please wait for the other post. I don't want to have this conversation here. I am sorry I felt the need to explain myself.
If the dishes need to be washed immediately, then the husband does it if the wife has too much going in her female obligations (like with a newborn). If it can wait, the wife does it as soon as she's able. Simple. No men/women distractions to it.
And that does not happens in all households, some men are just completely oblivious.