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Jun 25
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Episode 115: Traditional Gender Roles (O...

Meg and Jacob O'Neill
About this episode

“If we don’t define roles with love, we inherit them with resentment.”

We got fired up by a viral reel floating around online recently…

A young man was proudly sharing how he wants to “provide” for his woman—so she can spend her days going on “hot girl walks” and avoid life’s challenges.

Sweet, right?

Kind of…

Because in the same breath, he spoke about how men desire a woman who is “relaxed” and “calm” at the end of the day.

Aka:

“I’ll provide for you… as long as you behave.”

“I’ll give you a comfortable life… as long as you make mine easy.”

That’s not real provision.

That’s control disguised as care.

That’s conditional love dressed up as devotion.

So yeah… we had a LOT to say. And we recorded a whole episode unpacking it.


🔥 Here’s What We Dive Into:

  •  Why that viral reel about “providing for a woman” sparked something in us
  • Self-serving provision vs. provision rooted in devotion & love
  • When providership can be used to control a woman
  • The difference between financial provision & emotional provision
  • What a deep woman is truly yearning for
  • How we personally navigate gender roles in our relationship
  • And so much more.

This one’s big. Let’s go there.  

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