It is well known -or at least quite known- that Argentinian men are male chauvinist (you girls only need some minutes walking around the streets of BA to confirm it).
However, -like yin & yang- women behave consequenly.
It might seem that women here hate the way men are. Their speech (women´s, I mean) is often full of pejorative expressions about ellos. It´s frequent to listen girls saying that “men are all the same: liar, cheater, insensitive, womanizer, etc., etc.”. At first sight (specially if you have spent some time here), they sound convincing but, if you read between the lines, it is an undercover way to accept a certain role.
On the one hand, supporting this statements confirms a role as victim. Saying “men are all bad” implies that women are virtuous and good by nature but poor victims who can´t do anything to fight vile men.
On the other hand, depite complaining, chauvinism is accepted. Things like men paying the bill, women cooking for their partners, clearing the table and doing the washing up while men comfortably watches tv; women washing and ironing men´s clothes; advertisements where a submissive woman dances and sings while happyly washing all the family´s clothes… all that kind of things -insulting in other countries- are not even taken as a light offense for not few women.
I am not trying to be judgemental but making a point. It is always useful to know the whole panorama.
