‘Is Dad on babysitting duty today?' 'No, he's not a babysitter, he is a parent': Mummy blogger writes about the 'dumb-a** things' people need to stop saying to fathers

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2016-02-08T13:32:54+00:00

Feminists complain that the patriarchy forces women in to a child care role.

In reality most of the shaming of male parents seems to come from women. They seem threatened they men might intrude on their turf so they denigrate them constantly.

explicitlarynx · 2016-02-08T10:10:56+00:00

(Female) German blogger and comic artist "erzählmirnix" made a comic about this last October:

https://erzaehlmirnix.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/rueckstaendig/

Translation:

1st Panel: "Huh, fancy briefcase! Whose is it?" "The briefcase? Mine, of course." "That's nice. Has your husband entrusted you with some errands? It's really great when women help with all that file-stuff."

2nd Panel: "Excuse me? Which century do you live in? I'm an investment adviser, the briefcase is mine and I'm not running errands for my husband. What kind of reactionary image of women do you have?" "Oh, please excuse me. I wasn't implying that, as a woman, you're automatically only qualified to do menial work."

3rd Panel: "Especially not after you've been so kind as to praise me for 'babysitting' my children."

mindless_gibberish · 2016-02-08T15:12:27+00:00

I drove my (3) kids to a weekend soccer tournament last summer by myself, as the wife was out of town. All the moms there marveled at what a good job I did.

On one hand, great, I'll take it as a compliment. On the other, how low are their expectations? This isn't rocket science. I wasn't doing any more than what they were doing. They are my kids.

rebar71 · 2016-02-08T17:57:41+00:00

maybe not related, maybe it is... but I get so damn sick of hearing women qualify just about anything they say by starting with, "as a mom..." puh-lease - as a dad, STFU.

actingverystrangely · 2016-02-08T09:31:49+00:00

The times they are a changin'

RedBigMan · 2016-02-08T14:10:07+00:00

'Is Mom on breadwinning duty today?' 'No, she's not. She is a parent'

Gnometard · 2016-02-08T21:28:05+00:00

Mummy should be writing about how it matters not what others say

JMS230 · 2016-02-09T02:45:53+00:00

My mom told me that saying these things are compliment to the father... Ya k.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2016-02-08T10:40:40+00:00

The complaint in the title is everything I hate about the world.

Don't bitch about semantics you asshole.

Title	‘Is Dad on babysitting duty today?' 'No, he's not a babysitter, he is a parent': Mummy blogger writes about the 'dumb-a** things' people need to stop saying to fathers
Author	TR6Cool
Upvotes	343
Comments	39
Date	February 8, 2016 9:10 AM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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