Are there any feminist organizations supporting stay-at-home fathers?

Question

First off, in the interest of equality, if we want to have equality we should let men devote themselves to being fathers.

Second, if women are going to go have careers (which I fully support) someone has to take care of the kids, you know?

Are there any feminist/masculist organizations that support stay-at-home fathers, or any recently passed laws to help?

Is there anything I as a teenage girl can do to try and help the cause? My dad raised me until I was four, when he had to get a job. I think he did a damn fine job.

Answer 1

Yes, in fact. NOW (Natl Organization of Women-often demonized by anti-feminists) is proposing legislation that will allow men more paternity leave...men are often short changed by companies in this regard, even if they are the ones staying home.

EDIT--Robinson-Did you read my answer? Feminists ARE supporting stay-at-home fathers "in practice," NOW is lobbying in Congress for more maternity AND paternity leave (and for each to get an equal amount.) How many "masculinist"-or even Father's Rights Groups, do you see doing the same? I'll answer that for you...NOW is the only group doing it.

Answer 2

Baba Yaga, you said:

You asked: "Are there any feminist organizations supporting stay-at-home fathers?"

Just HOW on earth can you make such a wild assumption in the absence of any PROOF. In short, I don't believe what you suggested is true. Your job is to CONVINCE me - and you haven't done that.

Where is the assumption? She is asking if feminist organizations support fathers. She didn't say, "Why don't feminist organizations support fathers?" now, did she? Her "job" is NOT to convince you; she's asking a question, YOUR job is to convince her that your answer is correct.

I know that high horse is high, but walking on the ground does a man (and a woman) good.

Answer to the Question: Maybe in theory, but not in practice. You don't see them rallying for father's rights or trying to change social expectations for fathers to work. They may say, "We want equality at home for women and men" but that isn't indicative of a true intent to help or support anybody. Furthermore, even if SOME do, if a MAJORITY doesn't, it's easy to see how one (usually a male, but quite a few sensible females too) could get frustrated with the rhetoric and the idealism.

Answer 3

Feminism is about not forcing people to conform to a gender role dictated by culture, not nature. So feminists would be in support of a man staying home with the kids if he chose to do so. As far as any "support," what kind are you referring to? Parental leave regardless of biological sex? Isn't that law anyways? Or maybe it's not in the U.S... I actually wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't. Well, time to get voting for a politician who strongly believes in an egalitarian society.

Answer 4

Im no longer a feminist, yet i'm a woman and that i could be thoroughly soft with a house husband/stay at abode dad, as long as we had the income to help that and he wasnt purely a lazy slob. He'd might desire to do each and every thing a stay at abode mum might desire to do.

Answer 5

I think you have the wrong idea when it comes to helping stay-at-home parents. Feminist organizations work to overcome bias against women and work for equality of laws. Stay-at-home parents already have equality, no one cares about them, its not a feminist issue, and so few of either sex can afford to stay home, that its more of a child issue and as long as there is no neglect, there is no state interest in making stay-at-homes more comfortable.
Not every issue has to do with feminism or 'masculinism'.
There is one group I have heard of which wants fathers to get custody of their kids in case of divorce, but they are only interested in cases of divorce and they seem a little bitter to me.
Most of the laws about actual parenting as opposed to custody are not gender specific.

Answer 6

One of my good friends is a stay-at-home father. I support him, and anyone else (male or female) who chooses (or does NOT choose) that role. I am a feminist. To me, feminism is about letting people be who they are, without pigeonholing them based on gender stereotypes.

Answer 7

You asked: "Are there any feminist organizations supporting stay-at-home fathers?"

Just HOW on earth can you make such a wild assumption in the absence of any PROOF. In short, I don't believe what you suggested is true. Your job is to CONVINCE me - and you haven't done that.

Answer 8

I don't belong to any feminist organizations, but, to me, feminism is about getting rid of all gender stereotypes. I have nothing but respect for stay at home parents, regardless of gender.

Answer 9

Yeh. Any time someone asks a question they are trying to convince me of something. In fact they are ranting. My job is not to answer the question, or provide proof myself, it is to bring up that the question doesn't contain enough proof of any non-existing but potential anti-feminist answers, or claim something is ill defined, or preferably complain about the spelling.

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Answer 10

If their are, I haven't heard of any. I'm a guy who's studied feminism, and is for equality. From what I've seen, feminism has become more about empowering women and only women, when it used to be about enforcing true equality for women being equal to men. As it is, no one fights for men at all, from what I've seen.