r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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u/TemporaryEconomist Apr 24 '26

Yeah, it’s like calling women drama queens. Since men agree most women are drama queens, calling them drama queens is not sexist.

Except of course it’s sexist.

Both of the above is sexist.

Most men stay with their wife / girlfriend when she’s giving birth and show her support. Don’t know a single father who hasn’t unless he didn’t make it in time. Those who can’t make it regret it their entire lives.

Now stop defending sexism. It’s not a good look.

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u/General_Specialist86 Apr 24 '26

Why is your anecdotal knowledge of the handful of fathers you know and how they behaved in the delivery room more valid or accurate than the repeated daily observations of someone who works in labor and delivery on a daily basis, seeing multiple patients a day, presumably for years?

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u/fredjutsu Apr 24 '26

Because I've also spent years working in hospitals and have my own contradictory anecdotal evidence.

Now you have to decide...are you just going to pick the version that confirms your pre-existing bias - in which case this is all in bad faith - or perhaps actually ignore all anecdotal stories and assume there is some sort of availability bias at play across all parties?

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u/Eyewiggle Apr 24 '26

“Working in a hospital” is not being a midwife who would have the most reliable data.

Someone further up in the comments said his wife is a midwife and has said it’s quite common for women to have unsupportive male partners.

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u/fredjutsu Apr 25 '26

I ran a diabetes clinic, meaning i hired that same health staff.

And you know what, there are a shitload of nurses who are anti-vaxxers. So again, you want to just believe the ones who conform to your bias? or maybe actually look at real data?