And having a career is not the most awesome thing in the world. Many fathers would very much prefer to spend time with their families, but can't because they're expected to first and foremost provide for them.
>> Many fathers would very much prefer to spend time with their families, but can't because they're expected to first and foremost provide for them.
Why do the fathers "have to provide"? Why is it so difficult for a man to stay at home and take care of the kids, after they're born (which he can obviously not really do)? Is that nature, again?
First of all, there are very many people that are content with that situation. There is no easy solution for those that aren't, because nature does play a huge part and those 9 months and at least the first year are very important for the baby and mother. There is no way the father can provide the same emotional and physical support, so he might as well ensure that his family is otherwise taken care of.
If we imagine that fathers taught their children to hunt and fight we would expect children to be raised those abilities too.
I wonder if role specialization is more prevalent now than it used to be. Perhaps some pre-industrial societies were more egalitarian than we pretend to be today.