Alot of people have the wrong image of Orthodox women in general. We aren't all housewives. We aren't some subservient subjects to our lordly husbands, though I think you are correct in quoting that there are differences that we cannot ignore and that we are better suited in different areas.
That being said, I don't think the splitting of household chores has anything to do with being Orthodox or following that style. I can cook. If we relied on my husband to prepare meals or even do food shopping, I think we'd be eating cereal 24/7 or breaking our budget on take-out. I can't fold laundry. My husband is the Martha Stewart of folding laundry. Splitting up household chores is something many people do to keep their sanity - not to keep their "traditional gender-based roles."
Alot of people have the wrong image of Orthodox women in general. We aren't all housewives. We aren't some subservient subjects to our lordly husbands, though I think you are correct in quoting that there are differences that we cannot ignore and that we are better suited in different areas.
That being said, I don't think the splitting of household chores has anything to do with being Orthodox or following that style. I can cook. If we relied on my husband to prepare meals or even do food shopping, I think we'd be eating cereal 24/7 or breaking our budget on take-out. I can't fold laundry. My husband is the Martha Stewart of folding laundry. Splitting up household chores is something many people do to keep their sanity - not to keep their "traditional gender-based roles."