• Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      My friends and I do make this generalization a bit, but mostly at older men, boomer age. We all know a number of men who will proudly claim they never changed a diaper.

      My mother in law and grandmother in law were in amazement at the level of participation I had with my kids. They commented on it a number of times (jokingly telling my wife to lock me down with sex) when they’d see me do almost anything for my own kids.

      I don’t know any new fathers though

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        2 months ago

        I mean there are communal events hosted for babies / pre-kindergarden toddlers and it’s almost always, exclusively women. A lot of it is because the men go to work (so sexism) and I hear the women talk about their men. It’s shameful really. I also go to a dads only gathering and lets just say the vibe is completely different for the group games.

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        2 months ago

        This post is explicitly talking about fathers who never change diapers or help at all with the babies. Does that apply to you?

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          2 months ago

          I think nowadays I do a similar amount of work as she. Some tasks she does more, others I do more. And we both have help.

          Anyway, our sex problems are as old as our marriage, many years before pregnancy.

          Regarding your other comment about not having a right to sex: marriage comes with an implicit spectation of sex. If someone despises sex, they need to make it clear before marriage.

          I am not talking about one side being a dick and still demanding sex. I am talking about a person with clear health problems refusing treatment because therapy is for the weak and therefore she has no problem.

          I am not saying she is evil, I am saying prejudiced caricatures cause troubled people to refuse therapy.

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        2 months ago

        Based on lots of things that i dont care to argue about. I don’t know if you actually believe that gender equality has been achieved wrt domestic labor but it hasn’t. A lot of dads view stuff like cooking, cleaning and changing diapers as the moms job still.