So this is a thread about a thread, sort of, sorry.
Topic: Men, 'peedos', childcare, fair.
It seems that there is one area, one very low status because it's 'women's work', where men find prejudice against them, childcare. I think when feminism achieves it's goals the balance will be redressed. The prejudice is due to the stats about child abuse, 2% of childcare workers are men yet 60% of child abuse by people in care is by men.
Prejudice is clearly wrong whoever it's against, but this is practically the only place where men are penalised for being men.
I genuinely think it's the low status of the job that makes people question why men would want to do it, afterall I don't think people wonder why men are paediatricians do they?
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So men in childcare get a raw deal....is this only workplace and, considering huge prejudice against women, can feminism help.
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CrapolaDeVille · 13/06/2011 10:53
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