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Also why men can't work at daycare centres. It is sad one pedo can spoil it for every male.

• petercooper 4y ago
  Here in the UK it's not unheard of, and especially in elementary education there has been a bit of a push to have more male teachers (all my kids have had at least one). The only flat-out ban I've personally experienced is all my kids are dancers and men are forbidden from being backstage chaperones at the shows. Luckily, I don't want to be one.. :-D
  • panarky 4y ago
    My kids' daycare lets moms and dads volunteer, but only moms help kids in the bathroom. Not because they think the dads are abusers, but because it's far less likely that the moms are abusers. Seems like a strong policy backed by evidence, and both moms and dads support it.
    • petercooper 4y ago
      What I'd call an actuarial approach. It's tricky, though, because it can be interpreted as discrimination. For example, here in the UK young women used to get cheaper car insurance than young men, but this was outlawed – https://www.choose.co.uk/news/women-car-insurance-costs-to-soar.html https://www.choose.co.uk/news/women-car-insurance-costs-to-s... (and in an amazing display of transparency, the head of a major insurer said: "As an insurer, I'm pleased. We will raise rates for young women: we won't bring them down much for young men. That means more profit").