What does "Men make houses, women make homes" mean? Is it true in the modern day?

[Anonymous]

[That-Guy]

I imagine, the quote above describes men's role of providing the funds or skill to build a house while women are the ones who are in charge of the emotional day to day maintenance of the health of the family and the many items that it entails.

Is it true? Mostly true in our modern day (which is a small amount of time compared to years of culture) in my opinion. Is the quote true for folks without kids, i'd say less so...

[jshm2]

Means that there is more to a place being regarded as "home" than the location

[Red-Blaze]

Its an old saying slowly being fazed out
For the most part if you go by tardisnial roles then
The man builds the house (pysically not many woman in the indesry)
The woman turn a house inton a home, giving it more of a life then a brick and wood, today I do think it could be in reverse so it is going out of date

[Akam93]

Never heard of that statement before. So I don't know.

[dustybiker]

It’s a bit outdated now.