Big Picture Summary

This article relates to the Big Picture Question as in the article is talks about how men aren’t supposed to stay home but are instead supposed to go to work and earn for the family. This is a huge stereotype as not only are men not supposed to stay at home but they are also not supposed to be working jobs that typically women do. Such jobs include teach preschoolers and having a nursing job. Women, however, can do jobs that typically men do and nothing is said to them, while if a man were to stay at home they’d probably get mean things said to them. “Brent Kroeger pores over nasty online comments about stay-at-home dads, wondering if his friends think those things about him” (Pg. 1). As we can see, people say many mean things about dad’s that stay home or want to be …show more content…
People consider for men and women to be equal hence it should be alright for men to be stay at home dads or even work jobs that women typically work. “While women have broken into fields once dominated by men, such as business, medicine and law, men have been slower to pursue nursing, teach preschool, or take jobs as administrative assistants”(Pg.1). Through this quote we can tell how women have got a lot more freedom over the years while men continue to stay where they were 20 years back. It’s the fear of having their friends say things to them that they choose not the work those jobs that are typically controlled by women. “But boys make fun of other boys if they step just a little outside the rigid masculine stereotype." Once again, we can see how boys are considered to be exactly what all the other boys are like. They can’t do something that girls usually may in fear of getting made fun of or even being