It's Sexist, That's What It Is.
Why are so many people of the opinion that being a stay-at-home dad is ‘doing nothing’? You should hear some of the things people in my family say about my little brother, just because he doesn’t have a ‘job’. It’s so sexist. If it were his wife who chose to stay home and take care of the kids, she’d be doing her duty as a wife and mother. But
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Your brother's amazing! It must be so frustrating to hear that crap all the time, but tell him not to believe it!
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Your brother's amazing! It must be so frustrating to hear that crap all the time, but tell him not to believe it!
Oh, thank you! I know my brother doesn't believe all that negative naysaying from these narrow minded people who think of gender roles in such a small way. But because of it, he also is not very involved with anyone in the family outside of me and my sister, and that is a shame. Thank you for the support!
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Thank you! My brother works hard as a stay-at-home dad and this is the year 2015 - what are my narrow minded family members thinking?!
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When me and my brother were little my mum was in the hospital for a long time (brain hemorrhage) And my dad told her after he couldn't believe how hard a job it was, how it never stopped.
I'm offended for all the same reasons as you. Your brother does a hard job, people should get that, and they should get that it's not automatically the woman's job, or her 'place'
I've probably told you I trained as a chef, I got enough women belong in the kitchen, oh look she knows her place, make me a sandwich jokes to last a life time ugh
your brother sounds awesome.
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Right? Even when my S-I-L is home from work, my brother still does all the house stuff. I mean, she helps out certainly, but it's not like the second she walks in the door from her job that he's all plopping down in a chair and sitting on his butt!
When me and my brother were little my mum was in the hospital for a long time (brain hemorrhage) And my dad told her after he couldn't believe how hard a job it was, how it never stopped.
I am so glad your dad gave your mom her props! So many people just don't know how hard it is and too many stay at home moms don't get their credit either.
I'm offended for all the same reasons as you. Your brother does a hard job, people should get that, and they should get that it's not automatically the woman's job, or her 'place'I feel so looked down on - as a woman and as a person who worked in child care for years - that people still think this is such an ( ... )
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people really fucking suck sometimes. This is why feminism is still really needed, it's needed for men too, because a man doing a 'woman's job' is still seen as a bad thing.
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Agreed! It's such an old time mentality, that whole 'man make money, woman run house' idea. My brother and his wife made this choice together, as what is right for them, but all anyone sees is his wife working and him staying home 'doing nothing'. As if raising a family is not a worthy job. Which means when we are told, as women, that we shouldn't work and we should stay home with our kids, basically they are saying 'take the job that we deem less worthy'. /shakes head/
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I'm really sorry your family isn't giving him any credit for either staying sober or raising his kids, that really sucks. :(
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