The actual roles that were played out in the story were that the man's was to be the breadwinner and the woman's was to either A: work beside the man unwillingly, as with Logan or B: to sit at home looking pretty/help the man out in his pursuits, as with Jody or C: work beside the man willingly, as with Tea Cake.
I think that the ideal that Hurston was attempting to advocate is pretty traditional, only with the woman more involved. The man would still be the primary breadwinner, but the woman would also play an active and independent role in money making, the two living in harmony, enjoying each other's company as they work together as well as separately.
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