Lots of sexism
Yeah so just a few thoughts I've had lately. There's lots of sexism to contend with when you're a female step parent.
Lots of people, on here and in real life, often assume I don't have a full time job or don't get paid the most out of my partner and I. So it's extra terrible when I complain. There's been comments like 'well if he is earning the money, you should be doing the childcare'. Why would people assume in this day and age that a woman a. doesn't have job and b. doesn't get paid more than her husband. I get paid far more than my husband and work hard to bring in that income.
But my husband gets it too. If, let's say, his daughter becomes sick at school, he struggles to get time off to go pick her up from school. His boss knows I'm the stepmom not the bio but it's like they think it's not his job to do because he is a man who has a wife and that's my job. They let him go eventually but they always seem confused and skeptical. He finds it extremely annoying and borderline upsetting.
Just some thoughts. Happy new year :).
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I have to say that all of
I have to say that all of those concerns occur in intact families too. Sexism seldom picks and chooses
True
When YSS was in hospital after a suicide attempt, the police struggled to understand why I wasn't at the hospital.
But all this doesn't align with society's expectations
Not only is your DH's company
Not only is your DH's company being sexist, they are discriminating against him based on sex, which is illegal. If they'd let a woman employee go to pick up a sick kid, but not a man, they are breaking the law. He should speak to HR so they stop doing this - they are risking a lawsuit.