More like it's uncommon to see in her work . If it were a random saying it then I'd say it's sexism but it's a whole medical practitioner who has probably seen countless births so if she is surprised it's because it isn't something they see all the time not because she's taking a jab at men or whatever.
I don't think it can just be labeled as sexism though because they haven't given a reason or trait that makes men not be there for their partners. Some are in the room but keep their distance, some are right next to their partner, some don't even make it into the room .
“I, a corrections officer for a region in which there is a statistically anomalously high black population, express surprise when it turns out that the black inmate turned out to be innocent all along, because usually I don’t happen to see that happen, given the fact that all my prisoners are post-conviction, and am phrasing this as ‘when your black inmate ends up released because it turns out the prosecution messed up and they were innocent all along’ with an image of my face very surprised but don’t worry it’s not racist because I legitimately see a lot of bad black people”
Edit: also, pointedly, other commenters are saying that in the original video it was actually s response to the man getting slapped for saying this, and not about the man saying this, so the actual original person wasn’t being sexist but the person taking the screenshot was just some rando
I'm trans, but I was raised as a boy, and there's just so much to unpack from that upbringing. From being made to believe that men are the ones who should be sacrificed in dangerous situations, that they're implicitly violent, that vulnerability is bad, that men are always going to be shitty dads and shittier husbands and your life as a future fuckup is inevitable.
I mean, that last part about being a future fuckup came true, but like in the cool way where I'm queer.
It would be cool if we could combat sexism in all ways instead of just pretending this shit is a one way street.
You’re conflating systemic with interpersonal racism
The only way to be systemically racist towards white people is to alter the systems we live in to act to their detriment- like by having the government insure the mortgages of black people but not white people out of a desire to economically disadvantage white people
Simple interpersonal racism doesn’t exactly rise to that level
But interpersonal racism is an entirely different can of worms. You can be racist towards white people. Easily
Though now we’re getting a bit away from the original topic entirely
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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