As a stay-at-home-Dad who handles the majority of the household and child-rearing responsibilities I take note of any article, news report or radio rant that puts men and housework in the same sentence. And the message I’m hearing as I mop the floor, or the article I read while spooning the baby some mashed this-n-that, ...
Have you changed your name to your husband’s? Kept yours? Hyphenated? That’s fine and dandy, but how do you decide what to call the kids?! Here Reservoir Dad takes a look at this thorny issue. When I first started thinking about the “name change” issue — whether or not women and children should adopt their ...
The roles of dads are changing for the better. Last week we told you about the Most Mentally Sexy Dad competition in Australia. It is a competition celebrating dads who support their partners by taking on domestic roles and “normalizing men in the caring/stay-at-home/domestic role.” The winner of this competition has been announced and it ...
Australian men have a reputation for being sexist and chauvinistic, but Reservoir Dad is proving that wrong with his Most Mentally Sexy Dad competition. Morning Quickie’s resident man has been running this competition for the last year to find men who are mentally sexy. He came up with the idea after seeing a survey that showed that women’s ...
As a stay-at-home-Dad who handles the majority of the household and child-rearing responsibilities I take note of any article, news report or radio rant that puts men and housework in the same sentence. And the message I’m hearing as I mop the floor, or the article I read while spooning the baby some mashed this-n-that, ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
