Is the idea that women are more caring than men a sexist stereotype?

[Anonymous]

Yes it's sexist toward men

Yes it's sexist toward women

Yes it's sexist toward both

No it's not sexist

[Hardon-Collider]

It's a different form of care.

A careless bath full of water still feels softer than a very careful concrete floor.

Let's not even use the terms "soft" and "hard" because some people perceive softness as being lesser-than and weak. Let's call them fluid and solid. Fluid is not lesser than solid, it's just different. Old people are neither solid nor fluid. Men are more solid and women are more fluid. ㅤ

[HawkPerception]

Many women who are in touch with their feminine sides do seem more caring and nurturing. I remember the first time I got really drunk around 16 years old, I felt like shit (obviously) and my cousin's wife (girlfriend at the time) was the only one that bothered to care for me. She sat with me and made sure I was drinking water and talked me through it. And now she works, taking care of elderly people. It correlates. The types of jobs women tend to have are more caring and nurturing because it comes more natural to them. They instinctively feel nurturing towards babies, always asking to hold them (at least in my experience around women).

Now, does it mean they're always more caring than men? No. And it many cases, men tend to have more of a quiet caring style. But in general women are definitely more caring and nurturing and there's science that backs it.

Do I think it's sexist? Not entirely. If they're saying all women are more caring than men, then yes. But if they're saying the majority, then no. That would be the equivalent of saying men are physically stronger than women. It's a fact the majority of men are stronger than the majority of women.

[emeraldsaphire]

How is it not sexist? Sexism is making judgments on someone based on nothing but their sex. That's exactly what's going on here.

I think the reason this stereotype exists is because Male and Female bonding is slightly different. Me and my friends are all very face to face. We bond through conversations. My husbands friends are all very side by side. They bond by doing stuff together. That's not to say my husband doesn't talk to his friends or that me and my friends never do anything together. It's just the emphasis is different.

So if you are with a guy and he bonds more by less talking and more action you might feel like he doesn't care, but that's just not true, he just shows his care through different ways.

[HawkPerception]

Well said

[melssvdv]

“To care” is too general a term. When a man protects and provides for his family and his wife, “to care” applies. When a mother changes diapers, “to care” also applies.

“To care” encompasses many things; it is simply too broad.

In general, I would say that a man is more caring than a woman in an absolute sense because a man takes care of both his wife and children in a more critical way (protecting, providing, offering shelter, etc.), as men are generally more powerful than women. A woman, therefore, pleases her husband and obeys him as a form of gratitude.

[Asker]

Okay but would you say women are more comforting?

[melssvdv]

Definition of comforting: serving to alleviate a person's feelings of grief or distress.

Maybe.

[Anonymous]

Yes it's sexist. But like you said to another poster, "would you say women are more caring"? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Most women today do not care much beyond themselves. Society CONFUSES emotion with "CARING". Well there are A lot of emotions today's woman possesses in more abundance then the ability to care. So, that would NOT make her a caring person. Today's woman is also very VINDICTIVE, PETTY, JEALOUS, SPITEFUL, PLOTTING, I could keep going but you get the idea. In other words, she COULD be "(more) caring" if she chose to use her powers for good. If she knew WHAT IS GOOD, many of them don't even understand that.

Put simply, women are generally more emotional than men. But just because "caring" is a emotion they possess doesn't mean it's one they necessarily possess in any abundance.

[NaultD]

You're not getting milk from daddy's tit. Life nectar from mother. Hence why we say mother nature, mother country even mother tongue.

Not to discredit fatherhood and father land but there is a level of follow through compared to innate.

[NaultD]

MAN to MAN. There is something meaningful to follow through without expectations. As much as a baby needs milk with no exceptions. A child needs a role model that is exceptional.

Hence why we say a dad that step up. Compared to a step dad.

[melssvdv]

That does not make sense. You are trying to imply that offering milk is the only form of contribution in the world.

[JRenegade]

Men are generally far more likely to help anyone
Women are generally far more likely to help children (some of that is because men are considered suspicious if they help a kid)
That being said, The demographic most likely to help is married men

[Summeroflove]

Men can be caring and women can be extremely cold. It depends on the person.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Not necessarily, I like to believe it's more in their nature, although of course I'm not saying men aren't caring but overall women are more in touch with their softness.

[ManOnFire]

Not a sexist idea, but it is a very unaware one. Women are not actually more caring general, rather they choose who they will care about.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

It’s mostly just the result of a patriarchal society deeming certain emotions bad for men to express.

[Anonymous]

There is a societal expectation that women be caring

In reality they are not

So there is a sexist belief that women are more caring. Women benefit from this for example on court cases, in my country at least they are likely to get off with killing their spouse. Men less likely. And men get longer sentence.

So there is sexist bias against men

But I don't want to remove responsibility from men's behavior. They must pay the price for misbehaviour.

[whiskeyontherocks]

Stereotype yes, sexist that’s a stretch for something to be sexist you have to show prejudice towards men or women.
The statement doesn’t say men are not caring, just that women are more caring.

[Koricon]

Women are more emotional and express it. But, that doesn't mean that they are more caring than men. Men care just as much, we just don't vocalize it. We show it through acts of service.

[LiamJHayden]

In general, no. Women in general are more nurturing.

[Anonymous]

It's not that women are more caring than men. Men and women are just different in how they show their love, and saying so is not sexist.

[ABC1x1x]

Its not exist its retarded. Women dont care about anything except themselves

[noohair]

Men and women have different brains. It is what it is…

[c704710]

That's not even wrong, nor sexist, in either direction or both. Men and women _tend_ to care in different ways.

[RavVid]

by the way folk, nurses are not caring at all.

[Brady]

No it's not sexist just not always true.

[jahaims]

Females are naturally more nurturing.

[melssvdv]

Definition of nurturing is this I found: "care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing."

Based on that definition, I would say men are more nurturing than women. Because a man protects and cares both of his wife and his kids. Basically the whole family.

[Anonymous]

Yeah thats true women are more caring

[Asker]

Does that bother you?

[Opinion Owner]

Nope, why?

[Asker]

Do you feel it gives people a certain expectation from women?

[beefcakebradybatson]

Kinda. Think MAGA broads are compassionate?

[Anonymous]

Yes, I believe so.

[Chazmatazz269]

Absolutely

[chickychickyparmparm]

No, it’s reality.