r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/WithSkelly • Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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u/Dr-Assbeard Apr 24 '26

Chris here, the joke is sexism, she doesn't expect a man to be present and supportive durig childbirth

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u/ElfOverlord Apr 24 '26

as someone who's sister just delivered a baby, I can tell you that the nurses and doctors there said that most men sit in the corner (if they even come at all) and act annoyed. most of the time, they don't seem interested in becoming a father. it's very sad to see.

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u/4Whom_The_Bell_Tolls Apr 24 '26

I don't believe that

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u/ElfOverlord Apr 24 '26

you don't have to believe it, but that's what I was told by the nurses that work there.

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u/PMmecrossstitch Apr 24 '26

And nurses at hospitals all over the place are all saying the same thing. But half the guys in here keep insisting that it's anecdotal and the other half say it's not true because they're one of the good ones. Either way, they're disregarding what women are saying.

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Apr 24 '26

anything but listening to what women and female health practitioners say about new father patterns of behavior

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u/sliverhordes Apr 24 '26

According to people in here, it’s not just women saying it but professionals in general. Ask yourself why you felt the need to bring gender/sex into it.

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u/Dr-Assbeard Apr 24 '26

The reason might be sexism😂

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u/PMmecrossstitch Apr 24 '26

I agree, Dr. Assbeard.

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u/PMmecrossstitch Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Don't bother with this guy, he's clearly a bot.

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u/ElfOverlord Apr 24 '26

this!! so well said!!

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u/4Whom_The_Bell_Tolls Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

It's just hard to fathom if I remember my son's birth. It's a bit of haze, but sitting in the corner being annoyed wasn't part of it. Sorry, apparently fathers in this thread should disregard their own lived experience.

I get that it happens and bad fathers exist, but I really do wonder where this hospital is, where it's most fathers who are like that. That's shocking.

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Apr 24 '26

Is it that hard to believe women when we say how awful many men are? If anything I think you’d be proud that you’re better than them rather than throwing your lot in with useless men.

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Apr 24 '26

And I bet you’d find a reason not to believe the women you know IRL too. Always a reason.

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u/SatisfactionActive86 Apr 24 '26

Kafka’s trap.

“i get to say whatever i want and if dare defend yourself, you’re misogynistic”

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u/PMmecrossstitch Apr 24 '26

That cuts both ways, though. People are believing all the commenters who are saying they're great dads, but when a woman says her husband was useless during labour, everyone's ready to either stick up for a guy they never met or comment that he probably doesn't exist.

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u/4Whom_The_Bell_Tolls Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Is it that hard to believe women when we say how awful many men are?

In this case, yes.

If anything I think you’d be proud that you’re better than them

I'm not proud for making some incredibly low bar... I'm surprised at nurses saying that most men are not (emotionally) present for their child's birth, and skeptical whether that's actually true. My sister-in-law worked for an organisation for midwifery, I'll ask her instead of some stranger in the internet. Bye

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u/soggy-hotdog-vendor Apr 24 '26

I mean, yeah, our experiences are anecdotal, the medical professionals who deliver multiple babies a day, less so.