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That is one part of child rearing. Granting that may the the bulk and most important part early in life, it hardly encapsulates all of child rearing. Just becau
by bumby 2y ago
That is one part of child rearing. Granting that may the the bulk and most important part early in life, it hardly encapsulates all of child rearing. Just because one aspect is disproportionate doesn’t mean raising a child as a whole needs to be.
- em-bee 2y agoagreed. and i suppose that one could balance things out by having fathers do more in other, later parts of childrearing, but given that breastfeeding can only be done by mothers, and there is nothing that can only be done by fathers the odds favor a mothers involvement over the fathers. the fathers involvement is optional, the mothers is required. one problem being that full time jobs force a choice on who stays at home to take care of the children. because of breastfeeding, in the majority of cases the choice will be the mother. female founders are going to remain an exception until we restructure our work such that the majority of people work no more than 20 hours a week and thereby no longer forcing a choice on who stays at home because both parents would be able to contribute to childrearing without having to stop working. (i was a stay-at-home dad btw, so i have experienced the alternative)
- bumby 2y ago>restructure our work such that the majority of people work no more than 20 hours a week I think this is highly unlikely in the US, given how much we as a society prize economic productivity. Another alternative is to make parents a protected class to legally prevent discrimination, although that may cause all kinds of pushback just like we're seeing with DEI in the current environment.
- em-bee 2y agoprobably true. the only way to address the pushback is better moral education.