How Are Gender Politics Changing?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 08:54AM While in some quarters gender wars continue to rage, Father's Day 2009 is bringing us stories of dramatic changes in the politics of marriage, relationships, and parenthood.
USA Today calls it a "New daditude": Today's fathers are hands-on, pressure off and says:
Hmm. I wonder how moms feel about that comparison. A little, um, competitive maybe? Check out this article--it takes on exactly the kind of changing gender roles issues we WomenGirsLadies will discuss Saturday, June 20 at 2pm at the Brooklyn Museum. It's called "Dads, Dudes, and Doing It" and we want your voice in the conversation! All the infos's here. Come on down!
And if you're not in the New York area, tell us what you think anyway--leave your comments here and I'll be sure to share them with the audience on Saturday.
PS. Check out Girl/Pen's post today too for Deborah Siegel's take and a WSJ article on the topic.
Reader Comments (1)
Ruth Nemzoff, author of " Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with your Adult Children", asked me to post this comment on her behalf:
Gloria, I sent the announcement of your talk at the Brooklyn Museum to everyone I know in Brooklyn. Men’s involvement is key to changing social policy.
Hooray for you, for Focusing on changing men’s roles. I hope lots of people attend your Brooklyn Museum talk June 20th at 2 PM.
One interesting tidbit is that older men are taking on greater responsibility for caretaking as grandparents. The old macho man who merely kuch-ee-koos his grandchild is morphing into a caretaker who snuggles and even changes diapers.