While I agree with your position (politically), it takes all sorts and he certainly knows how to push some ladies buttons!
Largely thanks to feminism, I think we’ve made real advances when it comes to masculinity with the current generation of young adults and teens ‘gen z’ having a much less binary view of gender. I think ultimately (for all that I also roll my eyes and get irritated by some of the wokeisms at times) that a more fluid interpretation of gender as a spectrum will massively help men (and women) of gen alpha and subsequent generations.
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Due to a strange shift that I worked 3-11PM and then unemployment, I was a househusband for my Son’s early years. My Wife at the time worked mornings so I had him all to myself for a few hours each day. I loved it. Although the shift was a pain as I missed his bedtimes all week, at least I got to put him to bed at weekends.
I never got the impression that people thought of me as a ‘soft rice’ person though. Although I was nervous the first couple of times I went to Mums and Tots group at our church. Many years later I actually helped out there on Monday mornings when I worked permanent nights. 
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A man straps on his boots and gets on with it.
This is a man. If you don’t like it, argue with Cap.
https://youtu.be/_dSPIZwgMEk
Reading this thread… funny, amusing. You twats made me laugh. 
But fuckin hell. I need to get rid of my burgundy red phone. 
I had to come back because I remembered this clip from Birdcage (classic oldie)….
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I love that film. Great acting throughout but Hank Azaria wearing shoes creased me.
a real man makes unhealthy snacks for his kids.
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Is this colour not manly?
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Very. If you get the light wrong it’s almost toxic
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Could go in a variety of threads, parenting particularly. But here it goes. You might not like the host, fine. But his guest’s knowledge on the subject is fascinating. Title is wrong, it’s the biology of gender behaviour.
Not going to listen to it, can’t deal with podcast (or anything audio) formats. Any way to get a summary?
I looked de Waal up, and I’m not sure he has any particular expertise on gender behaviour?
It’s all about chimps and their development. How they play, what they play, why they play and the blatant differences between boys and girls from a young age. That’s why it’s good here, parenting, sexual identity / gender etc. Some claim that the way kids grow up is entirely down to social pressure. No question this is true for chimps, boys fight and girls fuss after babies and pretend to carry them.
Does the chimpanzee carry a handbag … 
Who said we were? We’re genetic cousins. Observing how children grow in an environment that has no modern agenda is surely fascinating?
You’re saying that chimps are mostly Conservatives?
