That’s the term for what the previous generation of women might have
called a “Peter Pan” – the guy who refuses to just grow up and assume
adult responsibilities, who sees having an adult relationship with an
adult woman as a crushing loss to be avoided at all costs, and who
considers fatherhood as just the worst kind of capitulation.
I know this type, ohhhhhh, I know this type. Probably a lot of us do. Vanessa Richmond set out to interview quite a few for a story for the Tyee,
which I found via Alternet. More than one, apparently, told her having
a baby makes a guy so “gay” — in other words, it goes aginst everything
that’s great about being a straight man.
Can I get an “OH
PLEASE?” Even Neal Pollack, he of the “all I want is my kid to be cool
and into music” guy, not exactly a poster child for mature and sober
parenting, says it’s not that bad.
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