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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it means that people fawn all over a man/dad who is able to accomplish what the average woman/mom is expected to handle on a daily basis.[/quote]

This. If a mom bakes 3 dozen perfectly-frosted cupcakes for the bake sale, shows up early to set up, and stays late to clean, she gets a thank you. A Dad works the same sale for an hour and "OMG, he's such an involved father!!!" A mom coordinates all the kid's medical, dental, orthodontic appointments, and nobody blinks because it's expected. A dad knows which shots his own kid still needs, or takes the kid for a sick visit, and "WOW, what a loving and attentive father!" A mom maintains the troop roster, and the snack rotation, and brings the first aid kit, and makes sure everyone has uniforms (plus always having extras, just in case), and it's background work that goes unnoticed. A dad shows up to help coach and "It's SOOOO great to see a dad involved with his kids".

It's actually insulting to MEN, because its roots are in the basic assumption that men are do-nothing dipshits who need a gold star and a cookie for being involved with their own kids.[/quote]

This.

Plus the very fact that we have the term "working mom" but not the term "working dad" illustrates the disparate assumptions about what moms do versus what dads do. [/quote]

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