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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's true.

The man who does the bare minimum is celebrated. The woman who does more than the bare minimum is still excoriated. If they can cook and clean up after themselves they're seen as some sort of god.

Literally, the bar is in hell for men, and many still come with a shovel.  [/quote]

Who is celebrating them and seeing them as a god? Who is excoriating the women?

People seem to be caught up in their own heads. This just doesn't happen. [/quote]

My husband and I are egalitarian parents and he truly does his half. When we had two under two, he got ENDLESS compliments from strangers in public when it was just him with the two of them. I mean, he could not take them to the park for an hour without someone commenting on how he was such a great dad. Twice during that time strangers BOUGHT HIM COFFEE because he was such a great dad and had his hands full!

I've never had a stranger compliment my parenting.

And I remember one time, when I was pregnant with #3 and had a cold, we were at my mothers and trying to pack up to leave and watch the two kids, and it was a bit crazy. We were both working together to get things done, and my mother is just fawning. "Oh, you are such a great dad! Look at all you're doing!" and I eventually had to stop and say "Mom, I'm doing the same things, and I'm also PREGNANT and SICK!"

So, yeah. This is a thing for sure. [/quote]

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