Dr. Casey Lawrence
2 min readFeb 20, 2023

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Here's a story that will rock your world:

When my husband and I first started going out, he was 100% broke. He had more student debt than me. I often paid for dates. I also am the one who proposed to him. We talked about him potentially being the stay-at-home parent for our future children, since at the time, we thought I'd be making more money than him. He followed me to Ireland when I started my PhD. Now, as it turns out, he also got offered a PhD position, but at the time, it was assumed by both of us that I would be the one with more education. He'd only ever planned on getting a Masters degree.

My husband identifies as a feminist; his mom makes way more money than his dad, who stayed home to raise the kids when they were little. He had strong female role models growing up, and never assumed we were the "weaker sex." He does 100% of the cooking in our house, and the dishes. He's a kind, gentle, well-mannered man.

Now, I might not be as physically strong as my partner, but there are women who are stronger than men. Put one of the Williams' sisters in a tennis match against literally any male player, and she wins, hands down.

In many places in the world, including most of Europe, I am 100% safe walking home at night. The USA and several other countries that have misogynistic culture create the problem of violence against women. I currently live in Denmark and regularly go for walks around my neighbourhood with headphones in, at night.

Also, as a bisexual woman, I would go the rest of my life without a man. I could easily have married a woman instead. Your last two questions forget that lesbians and bisexual women exist.

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Dr. Casey Lawrence
Dr. Casey Lawrence

Written by Dr. Casey Lawrence

Canadian author of three LGBT YA novels. PhD from Trinity College Dublin. Check out my lists for stories by genre/type.

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