In the reading this week, there was one concept that stood out to me, and that was the need for gender-role congruence in the family. DeGenova (2008) identified this as an agreement between partners' gender-role expectations and their performance. I hadn't really considered before how this is actually an important aspect to the "family dynamics." My parents always make their roles look so natural I just never really thought about the fact that it may very well be thanks to this idea that they don't disagree too often. It is understood that my dad is primarily responsible for providing for our family financially while my mom does more of the upkeep of our home and functionality. Their example of gender-role congruence has impacted me to seek out someone who is compatible with me in this regard.