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She sat with us and helped us with our homework and she made sure our clothes were clean. Was it her responsibility as a mother? Yes. But did she have to do it all alone? No! It’s not that my father was being mean by not helping her…it’s just that those gender roles were so deeply ingrained, I don’t think he thought to offer help anymore than she thought to ask for it.