Spongebob as a mom :)

A couple days ago I was watching my all time favorite television show, Spongebob Squarepants. The episode was about how he and Patrick had found a baby oyster (or clam i'm not quite sure) and were going to raise it together. Spongebob immedietly filled the role of the woman and Patrick filled the role of the man. I found it interesting that the role of the woman, Spongebob, was to stay at home with the baby clam, and cook and clean all day. The role of the man, Patrick, was to go to work come home and expect dinner on the table. I thought to myself "hey this is not a good way to portray the roles of men and women to small children." I would not want my little girl to grow up thinking her only role in life was to serve a man. What child would want to grow up thinking "i'm going to grow up to cook, clean, and watch the kids!" Its amazing that society labels genders like this and incorporates them into even childrens television. But whats even worse is I associate certain chores around the house with each gender as well. I associate cooking with the woman and mowing the grass with the man. The way most of society wants to raise children is to label genders in this way, although i'm not sure why. This episode definately opened up my eyes in the way I view the jobs for each gender.