Men holding their babies in Zoom meetings

[Anonymous]

It’s the apotheosis of the feminized workplace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yeh this shouldnt be happening anymore covid lock down is over, in fact childcare requirements for WFH are back in enforcement, they should be pip'd

My DH and I have staggered schedules. He works 530-230. I work 915-545. I do mornings, he does afternoons. We both WFH. My kid says goodbye to his Dad before leaving for preschool and says hi when he comes home. My job does not have a lot of calls but my DH is constantly on the phone with coworkers. He is not responsible for our son while working but he does exist. We have childcare and another adult present while each other is working MYOB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good god you people will find anything to complain about men. Dude was holding a baby not throwing it against a wall.

51 yr old woman and mom of two and I agree with this 100%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good god you people will find anything to complain about men. Dude was holding a baby not throwing it against a wall.

Sorry, OP but I agree with this sentiment!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good god you people will find anything to complain about men. Dude was holding a baby not throwing it against a wall.

51 yr old woman and mom of two and I agree with this 100%.

Well I’m sure if you’re retired or whatever this isn’t relevant to you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you. There is a smugness that a woman could never have. Being a working mom is exhausting.

I find that a LOT of men in corporate America have this smugness, and it really bugs me. It’s rare that I see this type of smugness from any woman, much less a woman in the working world with children. It’s like some men know they have it made in every possible way and have no problem gloating in that fact, even at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good god you people will find anything to complain about men. Dude was holding a baby not throwing it against a wall.

51 yr old woman and mom of two and I agree with this 100%.

Well I’m sure if you’re retired or whatever this isn’t relevant to you

Careful, your ageism is showing.

[Anonymous]

This dynamic doesn't exist in my office; they only person with a baby on Zoom or making noise in the background of a call is a woman (I'm a dad and miss having a baby so I love it), but surely the "solution" is to stop giving woman crap for having their babies in their lives not to give men the same crap. If you're able to do your job, there's nothing wrong with a kid showing up on camera.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yeh this shouldnt be happening anymore covid lock down is over, in fact childcare requirements for WFH are back in enforcement, they should be pip'd

My DH and I have staggered schedules. He works 530-230. I work 915-545. I do mornings, he does afternoons. We both WFH. My kid says goodbye to his Dad before leaving for preschool and says hi when he comes home. My job does not have a lot of calls but my DH is constantly on the phone with coworkers. He is not responsible for our son while working but he does exist. We have childcare and another adult present while each other is working MYOB.

Ok you have childcare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good god you people will find anything to complain about men. Dude was holding a baby not throwing it against a wall.

51 yr old woman and mom of two and I agree with this 100%.

Well I’m sure if you’re retired or whatever this isn’t relevant to you

Careful, your ageism is showing.

Sorry, love older ppl, didn’t mean to offend!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good god you people will find anything to complain about men. Dude was holding a baby not throwing it against a wall.

51 yr old woman and mom of two and I agree with this 100%.

Well I’m sure if you’re retired or whatever this isn’t relevant to you

53 here and this made me laugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you all have young children at home during the work day?! Daycares are open!

+100

I also do not care about your pets. Not at all.

[Anonymous]

He’s not thinking about it. He’s not contemplating the atmospherics, trying to make a power move, showing wokeness, or whatever. Baby is home, needed holding, so he picked it up. That’s the upside to not carrying so much of the emotional labor. Men in general just do stuff and don’t overthink it. My DH liked babies because they needed food, changes, or holding. Very basic and he said he felt like he knew what to do. Older kids aren’t so simple.

[Anonymous]

I think it's great when dads do this but I think the reason it's *dads* that you notice is because women (myself included) are concerned they will be taken less seriously or viewed as less professionally engaged if they do similar things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's great when dads do this but I think the reason it's *dads* that you notice is because women (myself included) are concerned they will be taken less seriously or viewed as less professionally engaged if they do similar things.

Oh, but I do view them as being less professionally engaged