Lester's wife Carolyn is a real estate agent and seems to be the one who "wears the pants" in the house. She explains to her husband how to behave around her in public and is the only one to choose the music that will be played at dinner. When Lester talks about quitting his job, she sarcastically yells that she is now the sole provider because of it, further diminishing Lester's role in the family. Lester's actions don't help as shortly after quitting his job, he buys a sports car and begins buying drugs he can't afford from his neighbor, Ricky, which is not expected of someone who has just been released from prison. job. As explained in Gendering Bodies, the stereotype is that the husband is seen as the primary breadwinner, and the wife is generally seen as the one who should be at home doing whatever chores she needs to do. In this case, Carolyn and Lester were both the breadwinners of the household, and now Carolyn would be even more so, breaking gender role stereotypes. However, with Ricky, these stereotypes seem to be respected. In the scenes where her mother is present, we see her either working in the kitchen or worrying about the cleanliness of the house, while being in her introverted state. His father, on the other hand, most likely works at his own job or takes care of something male.