idk i think its less sexism and more of the mc evaluating his potential "army" i guess. Yes all of the hard work of preparing a multi course meal for like 10+ is hard af (i comend her i would have passed out after finishing) but her husband is the person the mc is more focused on since he's doing like the bidding for the mc. plus i dont think the author showed us if the wife had any affinity towards offensive fighting, so maybe later on she becomes a fairly strong character and the focus right now is more on her husband (thats just how i interpreted it i mean no offense to you) ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
oh and plus the husband is the only whos going out and fighting right now so it also makes sense to give him the ex so he's stronger to keep going out
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I rest my case with every response to my comment. Its not that any of you are wrong logically, & I also understand that the mc meant to have at least 1 one the citizens become a vassal fast. But it still doesn't make this storyline not sexist.
A sexist patriarchal viewpoint in this manga implies that the job of the father is protection & providing. He is fat as fuck in a fancy apartment, & probably does a high paying desk job. Fact--this guy is unfit in every sense of the word.
A wife's job is fixed to the corners of the home & in childcare. Unclear whether she is more physically fit that her fat husband. But patriarchy implies he must go out & bring them food.
And the author chose a storyline with the husband as his primary vassal to gain xp as you all mentioned. N I fully agree with that.
There are 2 types of reasoning--
1. Within the world of this manga--which your replies are about. Which I fully agree.
2. The motivations & perceptions when creating this manga. The stimulus is external---which means author. So when I say that the author deliberately chose a storyline that was very conveniently sexist implies that he was only affirming his sexist perception into what he created--this manga.
Thus the manga is still sexist despite the fact that internally the mc chose to reward the husband for the wife's unpaid labour for xp. It doesn't take away the sexism from that author's choice
The wife cooks and serves dinner to the guests but for some reason mc decided to give the exp rewards to her husband. Nice job author! Love that sexism