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Which entrenched views need to change in society

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rainbowinthesky · 07/04/2010 18:06

The following are things I've noticed in my time on mumsnet

the view that childcare costs come from the woman's wage

men are not able to cook/clean/do laundry because they are men (always with a lol after stating this)

men need a list in order to look after their own kids

and so on

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DuelingFanjo · 08/04/2010 14:11

"the view that childcare costs come from the woman's wage"

do people really still think this!

The idea that women are more emotional than menand so therefore those emotions are just women being women plut the idea that women can't think rationally because they are probably driven by hormones.

That men 'babysit' their own kids!

TheButterflyEffect · 08/04/2010 14:11

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GetOrfMoiLand · 08/04/2010 14:09

If a bloke has to take some time from work to go and attend to a sick child/watch a school play = he is a hero and a wonderful father

If a working woman does the same = she is a flake

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 08/04/2010 14:05

..and the general, tiresomely resilient view that women think/drive/throw/work/argue/ in ways that are very different and inferior to the ways men do things.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 08/04/2010 14:02

The assumption that a woman who claims to have been raped is lying unless it is proven otherwise to an astonishing degree. Consent is assumed even in the unlikeliest of circumstances - for example when the woman is unconscious, when she was just taking a routine journey with an unknown minicab driver, when injuries are present afterwards.

The commonly held notion that women are able to - and frequently do - "get themselves pregnant".

Bramshott · 07/04/2010 20:36

the view that only mothers are concerned with the day to day business of bring up children.

skidoodly · 07/04/2010 20:33

the idea that consulting your partner before taking a decision that will affect both of you (and often your children too) is the same as "asking for permission"

HerBeatitude · 07/04/2010 20:31

The widely held notion that women's lives, concerns, opinions and feelings are less important than men's.

skidoodly · 07/04/2010 20:26

the notion that men are "visual creatures"

MyGoldenNotebook · 07/04/2010 20:19

Well, all of those need to change. Obviously.

I don't see these views appearing AS much among (most of!)my friends (I'm youngish - in my twenties) I must admit; so hopefully these nonsense views are phasing out!

Hear it all the time from older women in the staffroom when I'm at work.

Think it can be different among different social groups too. Educated women tend to stand for it less. Not always of course - but generally.

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