in japan, the husband is expected to be able to support the household and the wife is supposed to quit work (permanently) to be a stay at home mom to properly raise kids.  the problem is if there just aren't enough jobs for a man to easily support a family on, we now have today's situation. plenty of guys make enough to live on their own (if not comfortably so) but it's not enough to support 3-4 people on.
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