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Gender Gap Closure, Increased Parenting Equality Dad Goals for Shut-In

April 15, 2020 by Tobin Walsh Leave a Comment

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Shame on all dads if this COVID-19 shut-in doesn’t forever close the gender gap with our wives in the battle for household-related equity. Let’s admit it: While today's dads help far more around the house than our fathers did – nearly three times as much -- most still are not doing their fair share. Women in the United States spend on average of 72 minutes more a day than men doing housework and performing childcare tasks, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic data. On any given day, 22% of men reported doing housework, such as cleaning or laundry, whereas 50% of women … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality, work-life balance Tagged With: chores, gender roles, parenting equality

Email Amazon CEO to Change ‘Amazon Mom’ Name

March 10, 2015 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

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For the past week, hundreds of members of the dad blogging community, their friends and their families have been using social media to petition online retailer Amazon to change the name of its "Amazon Mom" program in the United States to the more inclusive "Amazon Family." The program, which offers discounts on child care products, already goes by this name in the United Kingdom, France, Japan and Germany among others. It is unclear why the program doesn't use this name in the United States. Despite the thousands of tweets, blog posts and Facebook posts and numerous reports by major media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gender / sexuality, news Tagged With: Amazon, gender roles, parenting equality

14 Lies About Dads

February 18, 2015 by Chris Routly 3 Comments

dads don't babysit

Lies About Dads 1. Dads are bumbling idiots Dads have, as a group, never really been the bumbling idiots they've been portrayed to be in outdated advertising and lowest-common-denominator sitcoms — even if some men have found playing the buffoon is a good way to get out of what they saw as less-than-pleasant responsibilities. But the rest of us got the message a long time ago that we can do better than that, and we ARE better than that. (Note: Dad being a goofball sometimes? Not the same. We can laugh at ourselves and not take ourselves too seriously, without being presented as some sort … [Read more...]

Filed Under: at-home parenting, gender / sexuality, parenting styles Tagged With: advertising, parenting equality

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