There is a double standard in the criticism of the Game Of Thrones actress about her divorce from singer Joe Jonas. Such unfair thinking hurts all parents, says this philosophy professor from the University of Southampton.
happened because the Game Of Thrones actress “likes to party” whereas “he likes to stay at home”.
The parents who make use of childcare and hear comments like: “Why do people have children when they don’t mean to raise them?” Or the observation that you are “so lucky” that the father of your children has agreed to “babysit” so you can attend work drinks. But fathers can also suffer from assumptions that they are not capable of caring for their children. This may well contribute to barriers to men taking time off work for caring responsibilities.Depictions of motherhood in popular culture often communicate the idea that the mother who sacrifices everything for her children is the best kind of mother.
What’s more, sacrifice by mothers is seen as a good thing for their children. But this might not be true.I’m a bit wary of justifying women’s choices by appealing to the positive effect on their children. If women matter in their own right, then we should not need to do this.
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