Nomad, I don't have the extra long post gene, so my responses can seem terse, but I def don't mean to be curt.
For me, using 'June Cleaver' as a gender marker is the whole problem, not the desire to cook, or iron, or be an excellent homemaker. She represents a female persona and an era that was terrible for a lot of people, whether or not we choose to ignore history and context.
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