Martin thinks that housewives take less responsibility because _________.

Martin: You can say a lot of women are tied to the kitchen sink. On the other hand they are free from the necessity to work.
Ruth: To work, in what sense?
Martin: To work in the sense of carrying responsibility; earning a living, supporting a family.
Ruth: Do you think their work in the home doesn’t carry responsibility?
Martin: Yes, but they are free from the responsibility of actually going out to work.
Ruth: Is that a responsibility? ff you go out to work and sit and file papers all day, is that more responsible...
Martin: Yes, you are faced with the responsibility of the mortgage, the rent...
Ruth: But that is your own choice.
Marlin: Yes, it is easy to say that to people after they have been trapped, but freedom of choice just disappears after a while. Women get trapped by children, the house; men trapped by their jobs, the mortgage, the burden of it all. To say one lot is more privileged than the other lot is nonsense.
Ruth: At least you are given the freedom to choose which trap you are going to let yourself fall into.
Martin: All this is very nice theory but it ignores the basic fact that the woman is designed by nature to have and look after children.
Ruth: Well, I agree. I couldn’t possibly dispute "have"(laugh) but I could dispute "look after".