It's too bad that nurturing men are still regarded by so many with surprise or scorn. I've thought for a while that for all the advantages men still have in our society, they are hugely disadvantaged in that they have so many fewer options for how to be in the world, fewer acceptable roles or modes of expression, heck, even fewer clothes. Now American women can wear pants OR skirts; men still just get pants (in most places, though I'm loving the rise of the Utilikilt in the NW). Or colors: it's really interesting how narrowly mainstream America defines colors for men: white charcoal, black, brown, burgundy, navy, or hunter green being apparently the only manly colors
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The article was a somewhat disconcerting mix of messages, something like "Men are being more active fathers--not that there's anything wrong with that!" It's sort of like the reason my mom did not buy me "Free to Be You and Me" when I was little, because it's all about countering societal gender role messages, and she hoped to avoid my hearing them at all a bit longer. Given my previous linked article about how we remember positive statements, even if what we heard was their negative, that was probably wise.
I'll tell you, I like the "new" more participatory fathers. :)
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I'll tell you, I like the "new" more participatory fathers. :)
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