it's crazy doing enough emotional work that i can clearly feel the part of me that *wants to be a father*, that *wants to love children and teach them things* i don't feel like i hear other men my age talking about this. maybe to not scare off women?
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i've been thinking about this recently- I think there is a broad cultural backlash to "selfish" reasons for having kids (because you want to mold them in a particular way, have them care for you when you're older, etc)...
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such that any "why" you can fall back on for wanting to have kids is a priori assumed to be pathological. not sure if i've seen a gender discrepancy on this front but i would believe it...
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could you offer more detail about "everyone shames them for it" here? is this drawn from experiences in the bay generally? the tech scene? EAs / rationalists?
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I talk often about wanting to be a father and raise kids and get almost entirely positive reactions. Honestly, while I hang out with people who believe all kinds of abhorrent nonsense, I don't know how I could get along with someone who's anti-fatherhood.
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Good for you!
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