This tweet became famous asking to ban Father's Day. I'm feminist but I'm against ban. What's your opinion about it? also are you a single mom / have you seen any single mom who got offended because of it?
Father's Day should be banned
Father's Day as well as Mother's Day should be banned
Mother's Day should be banned
We should celebrate all of them!
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Should Father's Day be banned because it's disrespectful to single mothers and same sex couples?
Ms. Herzog apparently isn't aware of how Fathers Day came about. Sonora Smart Dodd was the driving force behind it to honor her widowed father that picked up the burden of raising his 6 children after their mother passed away. It was slow going, a complement to May's Mother's Day, and many fought to combine the holidays into one parent's day.
Single parents have always been around. Many widows raised children after their husbands were killed. Young men would die in a myriad of ways: war, work accidents, crime. Women, however, had one other obstacle: surviving childbirth. Death rates in childbirth have dropped dramatically since the 1900s, but now women are prone to die in war and workplace accidents. Add into the mix the number of fathers that are now receiving custody of minor children with little, or no, support from the mothers.
That's just B. S. and I'm not one who likes celebrating anything. She even ignores a technical aspect of her silly tweet, don't gay dads qualify as same-sex parents? What's she going to say next? Ban Mother's Day because it's offensive to single dads? Or Same sex (male) dads? Ban Children's Day because it's offensive to the Childless, CFBC, etc?
Father's Day is actually a respectful commemoration of the efforts done by father figures. We have lots of father figures around the globe and I think the people who find it unbelievably offensive need to respect people who choose to commemorate it at the very least.
The person who tweeted is the one being disrespectful. The hashtags she included are irrelevant. How will banning Father's Day stop patriarchy? That's quite a convoluted mindset she has there.
I haven't seen a single mom offended by Father's Day because they'd already be recognized on Mother's Day which is celebrated a month before Father's Day. That's literally ladies going first.
It's not fair to the single dads. Same sex couples obviously can't choose their sexuality but they can also celebrate the day. It may not take two people to raise a child but two females, two males and a heterosexual couple can all raise a child/children. Mother's Day and Father's Day are days to celebrate and thank our parents for helping us grow and supporting us. It doesn't matter what sort of relationship your parents are in, whether it be straight or gay couples, they're still there to help and support you. These days might be given a descriptive name but that doesn't mean that's the way people need to celebrate them
Personally I believe that would be a great idea. I think it's best to celebrate both our parents because some people don't have both parents or have gay parents. It's not fair that the world has only 2 days reserved for a heterosexual couple
Lmao no. If we celebrate moms then we can celebrate dads. Damn feminist extremists act like they're the only people who parent children. Shit. If you get offended by this stuff get off the internet and take up knitting - never leave the house.
Today's world has proven anyone can find justification to make nearly any belief valid, raising the question who decides? Father's Day isn't forced on anyone to celebrate, it's like saying should Christianity be banned because it's disrespectful to women; 21st century has proven nearly anything can be twisted to justify as insensitive, disrespectful, etc. by ignorant people.
Ignorant being one who doesn't bother/lacks capacity to think, reflect, analyze, only whine when they don't get their way.
For example, like a court proceeding, I would research, understand the intent of Father's Day, where it came from, why I celebrate it before mindlessly going forward with dogmatic tradition (how many who criticize took steps to even understand the intent/purpose beneath what they're attaching vs. simply assume intent and label it "disrespectful", "insensitive", or whatever else.
If anyone decides this, I'd like it to be someone competent, who actually opens their mind to, first, explore opposing ideas, with the understanding theirs could be wrong, and in search of clearest understanding, while many selfishly only condemn and attack those who have different conclusions, often with little interest, or effort, to even understand any conclusion that isn't already labeled "correct" in their mind.
To answer directly, my experience is people need to stop being ignorant, arrogant crybabies, and actually know how to approach assessing, researching, concluding, etc., before even considering acting (i. e. critical thinking), skills which many today seem to even lack development of.
Much of the people answering these questions, today, would be like having someone with no musical background, education, or knowledge, try to write a concerto (but few have thought about the process of their behavior, only mindlessly react like robots)
It is simple, we either celebrate both or neither. Yes there are single mothers, but the ignorant seem not to care that there are also single fathers too.
How can 'Fathers Day' be offensive to single mothers or anybody else in fact, if 'Mothers Day' doesn't offend single fathers?
If you find 'Fathers Day' to be offensive, then you clearly showing that you are being ignorant and selfish. I know many single fathers ad they love to celebrate the day with their children.
Taking this away will only cause a stat of confusion and then teach them that men are no longer important, when we are clearly just as important to each other.
If you are a single mother, then there is nothing wrong to pass on Father Days, bt to try and ban it, then that it s low and taking the world to the wrong direction. Accept it, or we shall no longer accept 'Mothers Day' too.
Political correctness gone wild!!! Why should all the amazing dads out there not recieve recognotion from their families because of the few deadbeat dads that dropped the ball? Since when is thanks and appreciation to people who deserve it, offensive? Single mums obviously don't have to celebrate fathers day so I can't see why it would bother them. My sister is a single mum and has no problem with it. Any women who don't want to celebrate fathers day (I have never met one) are probably blaming all men for what their exes did, hardly a femenist cause. It's a bit unfair to put that onto the whole of society.
Okay so I was curious if the tweet was real and yeah it is but this person has 200 followers and is obviously a troll when you look through their posts. Why the fuck are we wasting time getting offended over shitty trolling?
Typical communist bigots. What’s new… Prior to WWII the communists wanted to kill all the Jews. The saw the Jewish Question as an issue they needed to come to a final solution on. They couldn’t deal with the fact that Jews celebrated Hanukkah. Today the Feminists can’t deal with the fact that men have holidays. That’s the problem with collective thinking, it doesn’t allow for individuality and diversity. Different holidays can exist, and different people can choose all on their own what is applicable to their own lives without infringing on other people’s freedoms.
In that case, mother's day should be banned because it's disrespectful to single fathers. The holiday literally has no stipulations on it. If you're a father, you celebrate it. Nobody ever said gay fathers couldn't celebrate. I mean, come on.
So feminist want to take the one day that's dedicated to men/fathers but if men said ban mothers day they be screaming sexist males! Just a bunch of self centered little girls.. they don't get to be called women.
Single mothers are a grave threat to their children. Children who are raised under single mothers are more likely to be criminals. Yet, I digress. This comment is not surprising and adds to the evidence that society does not appreciate men. "Men must continue to sacrifice with no credit or reward."
What next mothers day for the same reason or how about Christmas because it offends non Christians or maybe tear down all churches because they offend atheists or how about we burn all politically correct literature?
She is a complete abomination. If Father's Day is being cancelled, so should Mother's Day. I mean, it's only disrespectful to single fathers or same sex couples. Both days should always be celebrated instead..
I'm in favour of banning the ovaries of dumb bitxhes like the tweeter above. Her logic is stupid, what if its two gay men with a kid? Isn't father's day for them as well?
It shouldn't be banned. Those people who said it are just very stupid. Tell them : "Should mother's Day be banned because it's disrespectful to single fathers and same sex couples?" They will surely insult you.
I think that some will agree with you. Birthing children is just biology and isn't something to celebrate. A colleague of mine actually believes that's true. She doesn't celebrate her own birthday either.
Yes, agreed. People who don't want to celebrate don't have to. I was trying to say that some people would agree that they should be - the stupid autocorrect kept fixing my post for me.
There's nothing disrespectful about father's day. We celebrate mother's day too. Same sex couples can celebrate however they want. I don't see a problem.
Remember the scene in Despicable Me 2 where Agnes is upset that she has to recite the Mother's Day poem even though she doesn't have a mom? We should ban Mother's Day too to avoid that kind of hurt.
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