Why is Father's Day not celebrated as much as Mother's Day?
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It’s funny how a number of women equated Mother’s Day being celebrated more because they do more. What a crock of shit lol I think it’s celebrated more because in reality society gives a lot more shit about women than it does about men. Examples include breast cancer month. The NFL all draped in pink, but there’s no testicular cancer month. You don’t see dudes running around w blue balls on their helmets promoting it. Men’s issues are never really taken serious. Maybe that’s our fault too for acting too macho, not speaking up. But at the same time if you’re like me as a man you’re raised to be a protector, to continue doing whatever you need to do to get through to where you want to be. If a man is raped people joke, especially if he claims he’s raped by a woman. Then people start calling him a bitch, a pussy, a fag, a homo, etc. People laugh, they make jokes if a man gets his dick cut off but if a girl gets her tit chopped off it’s all serious business then. Look at commercials. You see men falling down stairs to promote safety products, or whatever it is they’re selling and we all laugh. You very rarely see that happen w women. Men get kicked in the balls we laugh. We’re expendable. Even in times of danger, women and children first. Men must stay and fight. I honestly think women’s lives are easier. It doesn’t seem hard being a man when women look at it from the outside cause we don’t show all those emotions of crying, screaming, breaking down, etc, etc when times are tough. You may see anger but that’s about it. On top of that feminist have made men out to be the bad ones. Society automatically believes women in a majority of cases, especially the law. Men don’t make big deals out of things like Father’s Day, birthdays, etc. I think too women need more attention, more validation on so many levels. If you want a better insight into men, read a book by a woman named Norah Vincent, “Self-made man.” She went undercover as a man for 18 months, realized how hard it was being a man compared to being a female. She eventually exited this world w assistance because she had gone into so much depression from it.
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It's not in all cultures, in Germany Father's Day is a big deal.
I think Mother's Day is a bigger thing in many cultures because mothers are still seen as the centre of the family, and women are still expected to define themselves primarily by their role within it, whereas men are still expected to define themselves by their career.
So 'father' isn't seen as an important a part of a man's identity as 'mother' is of a woman's, so the day isn't worth celebrating as much.
It shortchanges both men & women in different ways, but there it is
There could be several reasons why Father's Day is not celebrated as much as Mother's Day. One reason could be that historically, mothers have been seen as the primary caregivers and nurturers in the family, while fathers have traditionally been providers. Additionally, Mother's Day has been celebrated for over a century, whereas Father's Day was only established as a national holiday in the United States in 1972, which means that it may not have had as much time to gain widespread popularity. Another reason could be that there may be a societal perception that mothers do more for their children than fathers, which may not necessarily be true. However, it is essential to acknowledge the importance of fathers and the role that they play in their families.
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Apparently fathers day was just became a day bc mother's day became a day, so maybe that's why? It didn't come out of genuine desire to celebrate fathers, so didn't get the work put in to promote it & shit like mothers day got, so people don't end up noticing or doing as much when it comes around. Tho ofc that's just on a large scale. Individually in my xp if the dads a rlly good dad, then the kids wanna make it special 4 him. Even if is not a big deal in general. & w/ moms who not as close to their kids, won't get much on mother's day either even tho is bigger deal in general.
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I can't speak for everyone but I can only speak as to why my dad got a short visit and a few gifts and my mom got flowers, dinner and me taking care of her for a day when I dropped in.
growing up, I was a bit. . . Off. I was quick to anger, I was bad with people and emotional, I didn't do well in school and I escaped into video games because my life was hellish.
My dad didn't teach me boxing, he didn't teach me about girls, he didn't even teach me about math or science (subjects I sucked at) and yeah he gave it a shot a few times, but it usually consisted of writing something I didn't understand down and yelling at me for not getting it.
I came to understand that I didn't really have a dad growing up, I had a looming shadow : A constant warning of doom.
As emotional as I was, I have NEVER whined in my life. About ANYTHING. Because my father whined to me when I was fucking 12.
and in my head was a warning : If you fuck up, you will end up like THAT.
Every day, my entire life since I was a kid.
I didn't even want to go to his house yesterday, because I genuinely broke down. . . This man has forgotten my birthday for three years in a row and I'm celebrating HIM?
I broke down, and me and my mom still paid him a visit after I got a cool down hug.
My dad has. . . . A bag of tricks that 6 children are privy to.
That's why we're all kind of hesitant to celebrate him.
I've met some good men, but for every good man there are 3 shitty men who can't practice controlling their emotions, making it all about them, or breaking down their kids and family.
and it's not like I don't on some level understand why. . . .
The fact is : Being strong, being the guy people and kids respect? This shit is hard. This took a lot of wishing death upon myself and learning to understand my anger so intimately that I can literally tell you the parts of my brain that flare up and inflate when it happens.
So given how hard it is to be strong and respectable and how easy it is to be weak, emotional, and desperate to dominate people physically weaker than you...
Is it any wonder that "fathers" aren't celebrated?
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A good Father is a dangerous thing to be.
You protect your child and wife to the death if necessary.
You sacrifice your own hopes and dreams to help your kids build theirs.
You stand by while they learn, knowing failure is part of that process but if you don't let them fail they'll be weaker for it.
You're their punching bag, climbing frame, and the one they look to for strength but if they get hurt it's mummy they seek out.
You're a living example of what it is to be a man, of a work ethic. A moral compass. A foundation for the future.
In today's society are you really surprised our weak leaders and the caricatures who claim to be the opposite want you to not celebrate genuine Fatherhood?
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Father's Day may not be celebrated as much as Mother's Day due to historical and cultural factors. Motherhood has been traditionally associated with nurturing and caregiving, while fatherhood has often been seen as more distant or less involved. Additionally, marketing and commercialization have played a role, as Mother's Day was established earlier and has been promoted more extensively. However, societal attitudes are evolving, and there is a growing recognition of the importance of fathers. Efforts are being made to promote and celebrate Father's Day equally, but it may take time to reach the same level of cultural prominence as Mother's Day.
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I've always thought that mother's Day and Father's day was a deal made up by Hallmark cards. So they can make bookoo dollars on the capitalization of patriotizing our parents. Yes it is nice to give our parents a day of recognition for bringing us into this world. The man only has a small part in bringing forth a child into the world. But the woman will carry the child during the 40 weeks of gestation. The woman begins the 40 weeks starting to nurture and caring for the concept of child. The mother constantly nurtures and feeds and clothes the child, she nurses his wounds. The father it's very seldom seen because he's trying to provide for his family. He's gone to work sometimes 16 hours a day to provide the necessities of life. In my opinion this is how and why mothers are constantly praise more than fathers.
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I think it's because of the simple fact that mothers usually do more. Unfortunately mothers are often the default parent, and develop the closest relationships with their children since they do most things for them. Hence, I think they get more attention for their day since kids are aware of this fact.
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Is it so?
They both are equally celebrated in my home but it's my dad who always asks me, 'Mention 10 things which I do that makes me any better than mom'. He's sort of ungrateful with anything I present him because he always feels like mom comes before him. I answer his question with the answer, "It's inappropriate to define the legacy of love in mere 10 points. It's an offensive crime in the name of love!" and then kiss his cheeks.
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Because society has not valued fathers as much as mothers for the last 3 - 4 decades because of the influences of feminism and the sexism it has propagated. Feminism has worked very hard to marginalize fathers and convince women that fathers are optional in their children's lives. That is slowly changing as study after study has shown the immense harm done to children and raised without a father, and the harm it causes to society as a whole. But there is still a long way to go to repair all that damage done by feminism.
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My guess would be because a lot of Dad's don't stand up to what being a good Dad is all about. Then there the "Disneyland Dad's" that the parents are divorced and he comes to take the kids out once in a while.
Then there are people like me who's Dad abandoned me at age 4. What's to celebrate? -
Cause men are not celebrated like women any more and are hated on and look down upon.
So of course no one wants to be a father. We need more men stepping up to be proud fathers strong ones who can be a light to those who won't have any good father role models.
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Dad's don't tend to like a lot of approval for what they do, it's just the way we are wired.
I am not saying, mom's seek that approval, I am just saying not only do children like to show their appreciation for moms, but their SO likes to let them know they appreciate them too.
Mom's are more the figurehead when it comes to the family, as long as they are good mom.
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I think women might be more invested in their children then the men are because they are usually the ones who do most of the child care when the kids are too weak to take care of themselves because they are traditionally the gender that makes lower income and the only gender that can produce breast milk. In reaction to the higher investment of the average women, children on average tend to favour their female parent more than their male for holiday celebrations.
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Maybe because men usually are more concerned with practicalities I feel like even when it comes to brithdays they'd just rather not be the reason to work more. Men don't generally want to be a hassle.
In more traditional cultures (or if it's a remenant of the old days), maybe the mother was seen by the family more, the struggle as a mother was witnessed, it was more real than the struggles of the father who went to work and came home late. -
Hate to say this but here is goes. It's because everyday is basically fathers day. They get to relax and do nothing, get meals cooked for them, don't worry about the kids. On mothers day moms will ask for a break from the kids, cooking and cleaning so they can relax but if everyday is like that for dads then it's hard to celebrate fathers day
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Nobody cares about men, why do think being trans woman is all the rage? Women’s live are easier, make friends easy, never be lonely, deemed a minority class, privilege, sexual access. Being a man is lonely, hard, your problems don’t matter, and you have to pick yourself in life because nobody will be there for you.
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I think because most fathers don't want a big fuss and really want simple or practical gifts if any like a new shaver or beer or a steak. My husband never wants anything fancy, he says it's because in the end its like buying him a gift with his own money.
I make him his favourite dinner, buy him some beer & cigars and send our kids to my mother's so we can have some good sex.
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I think it’s largely to do with the fact of labor and pregnancy. Women go through way more then men have to being pregnant and actually having the kid. The dad all they had to do was have fun time and boom he’s a dad. And women do so much more for a kid then majority of men. Not all some men do even more then the women. But of course it’s the if one perosn of a gender does something it’s the stereotype that everyone in that gender is like that.
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because most guys do not expect a special day, it seems aawkward even lame to "need it", and as goldfish wrote i agree with her just artificial for balance or to sell greeting cards.
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Because the single mothers are trying to say they are fathers too and change it to "special person's day" so they can get a second mother's day. However, I haven't heard this since 2017 so maybe they're over it but I am not holding my breath.
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Because if I forget mothers day my wife would never let me forget it. To paraphrase Rocky Balboa "to some people it is Fathers Day, to me it's Sunday."
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Because Feminism did a great job in demonizing men.
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