Shawn and denise are a typical u. s. couple. what makes them a little unusual is that denise works outside the home while shawn is a stay-at-home dad. research has indicated that shawn and denise most likely

experience feelings of guilt about their roles in the family. These feelings of guilt originate from what they learned during their upbringing, through instructions from their mother and father as well as watching society around them. They learned that men and women have certain expected gender roles and that deviation from these roles are often viewed as shameful or at the very least, problematic.