Don’t Worry, Son. One Day ‘Daddy’ Will be in the Header, Too.

A number of years ago, our local paper included a 'Women' section.
I was young enough the concept of male sexism needed to be explained to me. I learned that, without this section, many issues facing women would be excluded, or buried deep within the paper, due to a male-centric sense of what was important.

Years later, the section disappeared. By then I had gained enough wisdom to understand why: the solution to a lack of female-centric content was not to devote a section to the issue, but rather to hire many intelligent, well-read women into the roles of editors and writers, and include their opinions as part of the paper's overall content. It was not a question of wanting special treatment, but of equality.

January 25th, 2012:

Scanning the home pages of the Top 10 Parenting Magazines, according to AllYouCanRead.com, the following headers can be found (among others not pertaining to humans):

Babies, Toddlers & Pre-Schoolers, Big Kids, Parenting, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Baby, Toddler, Child, Mom, and  – from one not included in the Top 10 List, but popular nonetheless: Being a Mom.
I found no: Dad, Father, Fatherhood….anyway, you understand my point.

I will not for a moment suggest men have achieved equal footing as it pertains to parenting; I know too many men to argue that point. But, for those (of us) who look for answers and community support from our peers as it relates to the  stress, emotion, expectations, and  multi-tasking which are synonymous with a hands-on, stay-at-home, or working father; it might be time for our own section.