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thenewgreen  ·  4615 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: No more dumb old dad: Changing the bumbling father stereotype
    What exactly made time with dad "the toughest test imaginable?" The ad showed dads making some unpleasant faces and ended with a woman saying, "good luck, babe."
this not only shows men as incompetent fathers, but it also makes it seem like women should be the ones handling such domestic things.

Also, leave the Simpsons alone. Homer isnt a bumbling father, he's a bumbling person. Unlike the other examples, he's not much good at anything. The show also has Flanders who is the "ideal" father.

I guess I get a little sensative when the Simpsons name is muddied.