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i don't think women have a role with respect to a man anymore. sure there are going to be cultural (both by location, religion and familial) standards but they vary so much that it's different for every woman.
i think the answer you are looking for--the one from the 50's, is gone now. we simply don't have that standard in place anymore. some women enjoy a traditional role much like the stereotypical housewife of the 50's. other women prefer a man who takes on those responsibilities while they assume the traditional male role. neither is right or wrong, it's all about what works for you and the man in question. i think for most of us, the answer is really somewhere in the middle and the definition is so loose that we don't really even see it because we like the flexibility of not defining it.
even for those of us who may feel we don't like labels...wouldn't you agree you have your own ideas on what a relationship should be like? even if you don't want to name (label) your boundaries, surely you realize that they do exist? even saying that each partner brings what they do best to the table is providing boundaries--you are assuming that you are equals, or at least that both will contribute to the relationship whatever skills they have to offer. not all relationships do that.
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