Full disclosure: we own a copy of Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus. I'm not a fan of it*, but I'll admit there are some pretty good insights into people in general and I don't regret reading it.
There is a section in the book that reads:
To feel better Martians go to their caves to solve problems alone. [...]It's actually the opposite in our home. I'm the one that needs the cave, and Dude is the one to talk openly when stressed.
To feel better Venusians get together and openly talk about their problems.
We're planning on having me stay in the workforce and Dude be a stay at home Dad.
We get a lot of raised eyebrows when we share these pieces of news, but that's us. This is the way in which our lives work for us. We can be unconventional sometimes, but we are also conventional about a lot of things. We have to make it work for us and our family.
*in general I resent anything that makes broad generalizations about gender, though admittedly I can be hypocritical about that sometimes
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