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Which is a great backup, but they tend to be physically, psychologically and emotionally less suited to it. Most men are less motherly than most women. We are not blank slates.




Evidence?

Men are less "motherly" because we are discouraged by society from being that. Even your choice of words shows your prejudice.

I was my kids primary parent when married and a single dad after divorce. I am MUCH better suited to raising kids than my ex-wife was. That is largely a result of how I was raised to have empathy and care about people.


> Even your choice of words shows your prejudice.

My implication that being motherly is good for a primary child raiser shows my prejudice? It's actually just a random phenomenon detached from fitness?

What's your opinion of apple pie?


To try to remove the word motherly there, your comment could be written as:

Most men are worse parents than most women.

Do you think that is a good representation of what you are saying? Do you think it's true? Are men inherently worse at parenting, or is there something else at play?

And I would also like to know what your evidence is for that.


I think we are coming close to some of the issues causing the current fertility crisis.



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