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I don't know what it's like in the Nordic countries but here in the US I walk down the street with a 4 year old on my shoulders to work every day to drop her of
by nickbauman 7y ago
I don't know what it's like in the Nordic countries but here in the US I walk down the street with a 4 year old on my shoulders to work every day to drop her off at school. The women I pass on the street and in the halls beam at her when she greets them and sometimes they exchange a few words. The men? They don't notice her: she's edited out of their minds eye like she doesn't exist, even if she cries "HULLOOO! My name is ___ what's yours?" to them except on rare occasions.
Men who don't have the experience of caring for a child even for a short while cannot make good decisions about what's normative of a civilization. Good policies will not be enacted if men do not "see" children.
- OCASM 7y agoMaybe they want to avoid the risk of being labelled predators.
- jawns 7y agoI'm a dad of 3, and I do acknowledge other people's children with a wave or hello. But prior to becoming a father, I felt very nervous about doing so, because so few men do give children attention (outside of family members) that I worried that parents would wonder if I had bad intentions. But hey, fellow men, guess how we break down that stigma? It's by having a lot of normal, everyday guys acknowledge children's existence in friendly, wholesome ways -- even if it's just a wave or a quick greeting. If a greater percentage of men would do this, then there would be far less nervousness about undeserved, incorrect assumptions.
- opportune 7y agoYou’re saying you’re bothered by men not smiling at your kid as they walk past? Hardly think that has anything to do with making good decisions about civilization
- tylermw 7y agoReplace your child with a full grown adult and you BET I'm ignoring someone trying to chat me up while I'm hustling to work in the morning :) Just saying, don't take other adults not interacting with your child as some overarching statement about gender in society.