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Originally posted by dtb
The women on this board do all the things you and others (namely, Bilmore) are saying (get up, go to work, slave, slave, slave, go home, etc.) but then ALSO are expected to do all the kid stuff too.
Most men wouldn't do it, because they'd be too busy whining about how hard they work, and they need a BREAK when they come home, dammit!
Most men would sooner slit their throats than stay home with their kids -- it would drive them batty. (Bond, schmond...)
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This attitude really pisses me off. I work full-time. So does my spouse. We both take care of the kid. When one of us has to stay home, sometimes it's her, and sometimes it's me. All of this is hard, but I'm not asking for a medal or anything, because that's the way it is, and we both choose to work.
But the assumption that I'm doing less of the parenting just pisses me off. I get this in the workplace, from people who otherwise seem enlighted, and I just bite my tongue. I recognize that working mothers have a tough go of it, but some of them have spouses who don't work.
I know, you didn't mean me, you meant most men. Most people forget to add that caveat, though.
