The sad thing is that a lot of women from this part of the world think that it IS their duty to cook and clean and do the housework and raise the kids and play house.

I pity these people.

Personally I don't think that people 'need' anything else from other people, of either gender. It's just social conditioning that tells us we need to settle down with a man/woman to pop out babies. Both men and women are equally capable of being financially and socially independent if they chose. They can make use of surrogate wombs and sperm donors to procreate. They can both cook and clean and take care of themselves. Where is the necessity for relationships?