Delusionofdolor

I feel that my boyfriend is confused about his role in society. I beleive in equality, and I hate sexism, but I've been having some problems with him having "typical" views and expressing "typical" actions towards me as his girlfriend. What I'm trying to say is, he doesn't understand the significance of stupid stuff like getting a girl flowers, or paying for dinner..ect just normal edicate. We've been together for a year, and have been on and off for 3 years. We are extremely close, and I will be moving with him and a few of my best friends to Washington in July. He recently talked to his dad, (backround- his parents are divorced, his mom is having a hard time fincially, his dad rarely ever sees him, his dad doesn't help his mom out financially, his dad is making my boyfriend buy a car off of him and pay an outrageous amout- when meanwhile his dad makes almost a million a year- basically- his dad is cheap and selfish) and his dad made him feel as though it would be a terrible burden to help me out financially if anything terrible were to happen like I lost my job, or wasn't making enough money. Personally, I would have no problem helping out my boyfriend with money, and I payed $235 out of my own pocket for prom tickets, bouteneer, dress..ect. when typically the guy buys the tickets. I don't beleive I have a logical reason why I think my boyfriend should be perfectly fine with providing for me in a time of need that only could potentially happen in a worst case senerio. Is it just me, or does the male typically take on the role of provider? I would like to know if I'm being unreasonable, and how I should go about giving a concrete reason as to why he should be taking on more of a male role. I don't expect much from him like most girls, I don't demand him to buy me anything, and we usually both pay our own for each other. It's hard to portray this situation in the actual way without anyone knowing either of us, and I hope I don't sound demanding or selfish. Some examples are- I had to tell him that a guy gets a girl a corsage at prom- and he was reluctant about it- but ended up getting me a really nice one, he's never gotten me flowers, he got me a glass ***** for christmas. He's a drummer, and I'm an artist- so we aren't traditional- but I think some things should be to a certain extent