It is totally canon to me that at least a decent chunk of why she experienced their early lives in America so very differently from Philip was that she got stuck at home with the children a lot of the time and just SEETHED with resentment about the whole thing.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. She wouldn't have been overtly and consciously feminist about it (because of the way her culture viewed feminism), but she would have hated that role SO MUCH and felt SO TRAPPED.
Also, ahem, just as an aside, you will beta my current story-in-progress when I have a draft, right? Because, yes. :)
Also I wonder how much of the laundry/cleaning/cooking etc Philip did as a member of the family... my feeling is more than some, but not half.
We actually SEE him doing very little around the house IN THE EPISODES. It's even commented on a few times, though of course not nearly as much as it would be in 2013.
My feeling is that he does things for her only when he wants something from her (or when he's pulling his misguided chivalry/overprotective schtick), and that they're not always the things she would want him to do anyway. I love love love Philip, but he's guy and a product of his two cultures.
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Date: 2013-06-11 05:40 pm (UTC)Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. She wouldn't have been overtly and consciously feminist about it (because of the way her culture viewed feminism), but she would have hated that role SO MUCH and felt SO TRAPPED.
Also, ahem, just as an aside, you will beta my current story-in-progress when I have a draft, right? Because, yes. :)
Also I wonder how much of the laundry/cleaning/cooking etc Philip did as a member of the family... my feeling is more than some, but not half.
We actually SEE him doing very little around the house IN THE EPISODES. It's even commented on a few times, though of course not nearly as much as it would be in 2013.
My feeling is that he does things for her only when he wants something from her (or when he's pulling his misguided chivalry/overprotective schtick), and that they're not always the things she would want him to do anyway. I love love love Philip, but he's guy and a product of his two cultures.
-J