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Fathers can’t breastfeed.
by Geeek 8y ago
Fathers can’t breastfeed.
- rosser 8y agoHow is that "biological pressure to spend less time with their children"?
- untog 8y agoYou are giving a reason not to deny a mother time with a child, not a reason for a father to spend less. There is no "biological pressure" that forces fathers to go back to work. (as it happens, fathers can breastfeed, albeit not literally. Mothers can pump breastmilk for fathers to feed to the child, or they can use formula. It's a perfectly viable way to raise a child, and people do)
- Geeek 8y agoSociatel pressure usually comes after (and very much influenced) biological manifestations.
- untog 8y agoI ask again: what biological pressures would lead to a father spending less time with his children?
- rocqua 8y agoThe fact that a factor in baby care taking (breastfeeding) is only possible for females creates a small bias in favor of female care taking. The factor is small, and can be mitigated with little (but not null) effort. My point is that OPs argument holds some water. Notably, it suffices to support the statement 'women are more likely to want to be care-taker than men'. There remains an argument about magnitude, and compensating effects, but there is a difference.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoFathers can definitely formula feed. Even if mom is pumping, getting the milk into the baby is non trivial.