Are men bad parents?

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2009-06-12 13:47

Article here.

'New fathers don't have to meet all the expectations mothers do, said Brett Singer in ParentDish, but why do so many people seem stuck on the silly "notion that women are somehow wired for parenting and men are not"? British newspapers are citing Michael Lewis' new book Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood as evidence that men have to adjust in order to love their children. In the age of modern parenting, that "sounds pretty old-fashioned to me."

Plenty of guys say men aren't natural parents, said Ellie White in Britain's The Sun. In addition to Michael Lewis, who writes that fatherhood can be "boring and demoralizing," there's Ben George, editor of the literary journal Ecotone, who says men are only beginning to talk openly about the "dark moments of fatherhood." And Fox News broadcaster Steve Doocy, author of the forthcoming book Tales From the Dad Side: Misadventures in Fatherhood, says men aren't wired for parenting the way women are.

Men are wired to be good parents, said Aaron Traister in Salon, but many struggle to overcome pressure from a society that still tells them they should be making money and not taking care of babies. The old gender roles started crumbling the moment our moms entered the workforce. Instead of clinging to the responsibilities men think we should have, we should "embrace the ones that are right in front of us," the ones wearing the droopy diapers.'

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Whether you agree that men are hard-wired or socialized either way is more or less immaterial to which side of men's rights you're on,in this case...the main thing to notice is that when gender 'roles' were breaking down for women, everyone cheered them on and blamed men, and 'society', for any problems they experienced on the way. Now that men are attempting to do the same, whenever there's a stumbling block what we hear is, the men this ,the men that, this man did such and such wrong, boy is that man doctor stupid,...etc. etc. etc. I guess they better stick to asking women about these things. After all, they always know what's best, don't they?
-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Sat, 2009-06-13 11:30

New women employees don't have to meet all the expectations their male counterparts do, said Brett Singer in WorkerDish, but why do so many people seem stuck on the silly "notion that men are somehow wired for working and women are not"? British newspapers are citing Michael Lewis' new book Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Working as evidence that women have to adjust in order to love their jobs. In the age of modern corporate warfare, that "sounds pretty old-fashioned to me."

Plenty of women say women aren't natural workers, said Ellie White in Britain's The Sun. In addition to Sarah Lewis, who writes that a career can be "boring and demoralizing," there's Samantha George, editor of the literary journal Ecotone, who says women are only beginning to talk openly about the "dark moments of employment." And Fox News broadcaster Stephanie Doocy, author of the forthcoming book Tales From Her Side: Misadventures in Working, says women aren't wired for the job stress the way men are.

Women are wired to be good workers, said Aaron Traister in Salon, but many struggle to overcome pressure from a society that still tells them they should be taking care of babies and not making money. The old gender roles started crumbling the moment our moms entered the workforce. Instead of clinging to the responsibilities women think we should have, we should "embrace the ones that are right in front of us," the ones wearing the droopy diapers.

How many complaints would that article bring?

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Submitted by BinaryShadow on Sun, 2009-06-14 19:39