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Why the modern man is cooking, changing diapers

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A few decades past, it was taboo for the man to set foot anywhere in the kitchen unless a disaster was taking place. Leaving him alone with the kids was unheard of. Buying groceries, and helping with chores was not anything we would associate with this powerful image of a man.

He went to work all day. Over the weekend, he would get his supply of the dailies and pose in his traditionally reserved spot in the living room, reading like the exams were around the corner as he enjoyed a good cup of soup provided by the kitchen.

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