The Colombian city sending men to school - learn how to care

[Flying High]

On this warm December day, the men have just 30-minute “taster” slots to learn the basics like using toys to play with children and how to braid the hair of a partner, but the session is part of the wider Escuela de Hombres al Cuidado program, or “care school for men.”



Since 2021, the radical, city-run project has been teaching men across Colombia’s sprawling capital how to be better husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, and any other societally-defined masculine role.

The city’s authorities believe the initiative will go some way to tackling the country’s entrenched machismo culture, or male chauvinism, and by extension encourage men to contribute their fair share of caregiving and domestic work, which they say is at the root of much of the country’s gender inequality.



“My mother worked so hard bringing me up and providing for me,” says Rivera, who came across the event by chance walking along the street.“But it shouldn’t just be left for women to do. Us men have to play our part.”


www.cnn.com/interactive/asequals/teaching-men-caring-skills-colombia-as-equals-intl-cmd/

[Hunny]

What about the fact that it was *****ng Republicans (rich corporate owners) who changed our society,
from: mothers stay home and care for the kids / fathers go get the money,
to: both have to work, so now women want men to do half the home work too.

It's like how we get half a box of cereal now, for an increased price. Isn't it.

We all work more, but don't get any more. And the kids are left alone.

Thanks Republicans! As with every dirty stupid-minded thing you go along with, this was a great change!

(I wish people HAD BRAINS. )

[hank]

Mar 21, 2024 6:54:12 GMT -5 Hunny said:

What about the fact that it was *****ng Republicans (rich corporate owners) who changed our society,
from: mothers stay home and care for the kids / fathers go get the money,
to: both have to work, so now women want men to do half the home work too.

It's like how we get half a box of cereal now, for an increased price. Isn't it.

We all work more, but don't get any more. And the kids are left alone.

Thanks Republicans! As with every dirty stupid-minded thing you go along with, this was a great change!

(I wish people HAD BRAINS. )

You’re joking, right?

[Springschick]

Mar 21, 2024 6:54:12 GMT -5 Hunny said:

What about the fact that it was *****ng Republicans (rich corporate owners) who changed our society,
from: mothers stay home and care for the kids / fathers go get the money,
to: both have to work, so now women want men to do half the home work too.

It's like how we get half a box of cereal now, for an increased price. Isn't it.

We all work more, but don't get any more. And the kids are left alone.

Thanks Republicans! As with every dirty stupid-minded thing you go along with, this was a great change!

(I wish people HAD BRAINS. )

What does that have to do with Columbia?

[justme]

Mar 21, 2024 6:54:12 GMT -5 Hunny said:

What about the fact that it was *****ng Republicans (rich corporate owners) who changed our society,
from: mothers stay home and care for the kids / fathers go get the money,
to: both have to work, so now women want men to do half the home work too.

It's like how we get half a box of cereal now, for an increased price. Isn't it.

We all work more, but don't get any more. And the kids are left alone.

Thanks Republicans! As with every dirty stupid-minded thing you go along with, this was a great change!

(I wish people HAD BRAINS. )

Since when do both have to work. I know many couples who make the sacrifice for one parent to be home for the kids while the other works. 

Yes, I wish people HAD BRAINS too. 

[Springschick]

We both worked, and still there was always someone home with the kids. I worked M - W, 6a - 6p, he worked M - W, 6p - 6a. There was maybe half an hour when the kids were alone, but after that, always someone there. And housework was a family affair; it never fell on only one person.