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The Lazy Dad Cliché Is Dead And The Data Proves It
“What’s wrong with this picture?” a woman posted on X, alongside a cartoon of a pregnant woman in an apron, baby on her hip, two small children tugging at her skirt, while a man lounged on the couch in the background.
By Lisa Britton5 min read
The image went viral, sparking a flood of comments drenched in female victimhood and righteous indignation. But as I stared at it, I wondered: What’s really wrong here is that we’re still pretending it’s 1955. We’re shaming and blaming men as if gender roles remain frozen in black-and-white television tropes, when the data tells a very different story about modern fatherhood.