I am a man and I change nappies. So?
When you are a man and you actually hang out at home with the babies and do some parenting and nappy changing, women give you lots of compliments for what seems like a perfectly ordinary thing to do.
That’s ok, but it does feel funny sometimes. What is all the fuss about?
Steve Cochrane has a go at explaining how it feels and why in this weeks Guardian parents section.
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I stayed at home with all three of our children when they were babies, primarily because, as I work from there, it was by far the most convenient thing to do, but also because it didn’t strike either of us as being any kind of a big deal. Other people, however, didn’t agree. And when I say other people, I mean women. And when I say women, I mean mothers. Those who did exactly the same thing as I was doing, and probably without a second thought about the fact that they were doing so, regarded my familial ministrations as an act of Mandela-esque fortitude.
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Gee… its wierd. I’ve done my share over the years – running kids to & from childcare while my wife was working in another city, changing nappies, cooking meals.
Really – whats the big deal? And why is it that women (mothers) have hangups about this?
When I did all this, my wife and I were both working full time, and things were just the way they were. We did what we had to do because we share the work, share the responsibilities, and share the children!
Its really odd (off even) that when women do this it is considered normal, and when men do it, it’s considered some kind of sacrifice / miracle / thing-to-be-praised, rah rah rah.
I suspect actually that some (not all) women see this as threatening, and perhaps more than anything else it shows that the womens movement over the years has had a huge influence on men, but maybe not nearly such an influence on women!!!
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