Great British Bake Off

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Doodlekitty · 28/08/2018 21:31

DH Thinks I'm going mad. Sat watching GBBO and all contestants are introduced. Female contestant is described as 'Full time Mum'. This is a term which boils my piss at the best of times. All for choice etc, but I'm not a part time Mum' because I work.
Next contestant is a male 'Stay at home Dad.' Why isn't he a full time Dad? Why the implication that mums are full or part time but dad's are merely location based?

DH Thinks I'm overthinking it. Am I?

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Doodlekitty · 28/08/2018 21:55

Never even occurred to me that it might be the contestants own words. Which it could well be.
Seems DH is right :)

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Lottapianos · 28/08/2018 21:44

This annoys me too. I couldn't give a shiny fig how many pets or children or grandchildren the contestants on Bake Off have. It's so tedious

pastabest · 28/08/2018 21:41

This totally wasn't the subject I was expecting it to be about.

Perhaps they have just gone with how the contestants describe themselves?

I agree though if the descriptions have been chosen by the production team, it's annoying, in a way that makes you sound paranoid if you point it out.

ZuttZeVootEeVro · 28/08/2018 21:39

Maybe they asked each person how they would like to be introduced.

Any mother, working or not, can call themselves a full time mother if they wish, and I didn't hear anyone refered to as 'a dentist and part time parent'.

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