Raising the Revolution: A Father’s Perspective (plus a short history lesson and a list of places where I would breastfeed my children)

I have two daughters. When I look at them I try not to think about the world they might have been born into not too long ago. I also try not to think about the troubling aspects of our current world, one in which women are still treated differently than men. Even in America. If you can’t see why this problematic you…

A) Are probably not a woman

or

B) Are a woman who accepts the limitations placed on you by the people around you as a priori conditions

or

C) You are just not paying attention

Admittedly, I was in this third category for part of my life. But having daughters changes everything. Although I suspect there’s a reason why I married someone who represents and actively models the best aspects of feminism and proud motherhood (not sure why these are regarded as separate spheres but they seem to be). I also suspect that steadfast misogynists surround themselves with women that reinforce the stereotypes about women that they have convinced themselves are true. Mostly because it inflates their sense of self-esteem. It is the same reason so many dumb, incapable failures tend to endorse racist…