How thin is the line that separates concepts and how easy it is to get confused between them. The father who cares for his baby, who cleans him, who lulls him, who feeds him, who teaches him things … is not only helping his mother, but he is doing the minimum that fatherhood demands of a man.
We live in a society in which tasks are often sexualized, “what touches her and what touches him.” However, the task of being parents is shared, it demands mutual duties that cannot be postponed, much less ignored by men.
Of course, change begins in the privacy of our homes, where reflection can be deep and sincere; where the dialogue between the members of a couple finds the privacy it needs and the voices are not afraid to be sensible and frank.
Dads do not “pull unemployment”, they do not “help with the baby” since it is an age-old responsibility shunned by countless generations that have comfortably observed the way in which women carry the entire burden of raising children.
Fatherhood, as has been conceived until now, consists of exercising authority at home and providing the basic sustenance of the family. But that model was and continues to be unfair, outdated and outdated.
Remember: it is up to you, your actions and ideas, that our society really improves.