Is love making us blind?
Article / 6 pages / FREE / Is love making us blind? / 2008
Could you imagine a more personal and revealing statement than the choice of your life partner? Relationships and love, who you choose to lead your life with and who you choose as the parent (or future parent) of your children – these are all sensitive and crucial choices in a person’s life.
Is it then really a good idea to ask people if they are living in an equal relationship? Could we ever expect to get an honest answer out of that question? Admitting that you are not living in an equal relationship would reveal that one of the most important choices of your life is marked with flaws and shortcomings. The results from Kairos Future’s recent survey Generation Ambition, a survey of 7000 30-50 year olds in six European countries, are perhaps examples of this. The results showed that 3 out of 4 (75%) 30-50 year olds in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Spain and France state that they are living in an equal relationship. In Denmark the relationships are the most equal and in France they are the least equal, if we are to trust what the 30-50 year olds answer themselves. On the other hand, the same survey (and many other with it) also showed that both women and men agree that women perform a majority of the typical household chores such as cleaning, doing laundry and the dishes. In addition, women have the primary responsibility for childcare and they take the initiative concerning family issues.
