I obviously don’t know the ins and outs of this but if she is spending child support on plastic surgery then he has a real gripe here -  $756k USD is a heck of a lot of child support. 

@yolandilr there is being Catholic, which I am, and being sexist. Why did he not tell the men in the audience that they should prioritise being a father over career? Also he assumed that in every relationship the woman stays home full time. You can be catholic and structure your family life in many ways. You can be Catholic and like myself have kids but no interest in being a full time homemaker. You can be Catholic and be a stay at home dad. 

I think it’s also deciding where you draw the line in the sand. I love cooking and so will happpily make lunches for everyone. I will also drop things they forget to school as I drive past it. . However I do not look for ‘lost’ items or make beds anymore. It’s not my jam.  It took a little while but they now know not to ask mum to find their school shoes and things like that. 

@yolandilr the problem is that his beliefs are sexist and small minded. If I was a women enrolled in that college I would reconsider my enrolment if those views represent the faculty. Soley being a wife and mother is wonderful for some women if it is their choice. However hitching your wagon to a man has historically not been so great for many women. 

@laura__palmer referring to the merging of surnames as mature did not imply that every other option including changing your name was immature. 

I always find it odd how politicians of both side of the fence feel the need to bring their families into what is essentially a work presentation.  I don’t recall ever inviting my husband and kids to watch me deliver a PowerPoint or conduct a conference call. I don’t care what she was wearing although she looksd awesome in that dress. 

So true.  My parents left the Australia when we left home and it did destabilise my sense of ‘home’ at the country level. I realised that home was where they were even if I didn’t live there. Then I had kids are now I am someone else’s ‘home’ for 20 years.  However my husband and I are downsizing to an apartment the moment my kids move out. 

@laura__palmer fair enough, I think it’s an individual decision and not a marker of feminism. I took the articles to be about keeping the maternal surname because the mother does most of the work and to be a feminist. I considered keeping mine because it was very ethnic, I liked it and my husband was Anglo.  I had a male colleague who changed his surname to a compilation of his and his wife’s / created a new family name. This was the most modern and mature option that I have seen. 

I do find it ludicrous that women want to continue a surname that that is ‘theirs’ when in most cases it come down their own patrilineal line. This is just tokenism mixed with a dash of misandry. 

First saw him in Berlin Station and fell in screen love

@tamb in the article it quoted him as talking abo it catching up with his dad on a morning TV show.  If he really wanted to mend bridges he would stop talking to the media about his family and just say no comment. 

Finally a school that does not provide excuses for terrible behaviour or blame girls for it. 

This is beyond the reach of average people. 

I  would not have a party as this seems a bit hostile towards guests. It’s not their fault that you went all out for your son. There is.no issue with doing birthdays differently as long as the son’s 3rd birthday is low key. If his third is an extravaganza then it would be odd

@yeahyepyes I actually think it does. It is illustrating a point which is a lot of women don’t feel safe around men. Making it literal mean that it has gone above your head.  Personally I would choose the figurative bear because I think it would leave me alone.

I can’t believe we are still having this type of conversation. I haven’t had home child help but I did feel shame for getting a cleaner for ages. Now I could not live without her- not happily anyway. My kids are past the nanny stage but if I had my time again I would have hired one too. 

This should not be happening in 2024. He equivalent would be a liquid paper colour for white skin. 

@mjte it makes me sad when I read  people explaining away the PM exercising his dominance over a woman. Isn’t male dominance the root of the problem l? Now I don’t know her politics but if she is able to gather 100000 people on an issue why should we pick apart whether she is for labour or liberal? I think you should check your own comments for political bias. 

I have mixed feeling about this issue. I think that rolling up shorts etc is not about practicality but about fashion trends. Schools could handle it better but some parents could too. It appears to be about girls but this is because boys don’t feel as much pressure to flaunt their skin. I imagine that they would the same reaction if they were walking around with their shirt buttons undone showing their pecs and sleeves rolled up etc. 

@laura__palmer I understand the sentiment but as a teenager I hated pants. I was chubby, had a big but and pants made me look like a middle aged US tourist in Bermuda shorts. There is nothing wrong with dresses. I used to wear thin bike shorts underneath and was comfortable and much happier.