Why has it taken me 4 years and 2 kids to summon up the courage to attend a baby sensory session without a woman who I know well? Why are so many other men like this, or even worse?
-
Show this thread
-
If you're a man, and about to have your first child, just suck it up and go. Everyone feels like an idiot, you are not alone.
4 replies 0 retweets 18 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @aidanhorner
I went to music class and gym with my toddler several times and indeed, there are most moms there... My husband likes to go swimming with her though, and I hate that, so everyone gets their pick I guess ;)
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @marliekevk
yeah, swimming is much more balanced, in fact possibly dad-dominated, in my experience. Funny how these things arbitrarily split by gender.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @aidanhorner @marliekevk
Swimming is almost completely male dominated here in Oz but I’ve decided I’m going to do swim classes with my son (when he arrives) largely down to
@aidanhorner’s call for men to step up at the mother-dominated activities.2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
-
This reminds me of what I see at bouldering every week when parents take their kids, there are mums and dads and there are sons and daughters, but the boys get to do so much more and from a younger age. Very obvious imbalance of "what's allowed".
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Yes, I see this with my older daughter. Parents telling their boys to "be careful" when playing near girls, but then encouraging rough and tumble when only boys
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Yup! Also the age range of children when boys goes down to 3, when girls it's much older closer to 10 — boys get a head start.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @o_guest @aidanhorner and
Not to mention of course that in the adults it's mostly dudes too and they (very obviously to me) hit on (as opposed to being friendly) the minority of women more than anything else.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Being in a couple of subcultures myself (including quite a few in which women are minority), sadly this is all very typical. 
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
