Here’s a list of labels. What do you see?
Career man
A family woman
A male athlete
Slummy daddy
Working father
Busy dads
Paternal instincts
Dadpreneur
Pushy dads
Absent mothers
Yummy daddies
Stay at home mum
A male politician
Competitive dads
A male guitarist
Earth father
Dadsy
Drama king
Feckless mothers
Female nurse
Distinguished lady
The male vote
Female model
Boy power!
Gentleman driver
MPC (male police constable)
Male intuition
Men’s football league
Male writer
Male novelist
DILF (dad I’d like to F)
Dirty old woman
Thanks very much @Bo_Novak and @thefworduk for adding to the list! And thanks to my sister for hers. Boy power in particular. My new favourite.
Thanks to writer and novelist @clareallan for suggesting the last two on the list. Check out her latest Guardian article on what poor service does to mental health.
Very thought provoking!
But ‘stay at home dad’, surely?
My husband is ‘stay at home dad’ but he will now be yummy stay at home writter daddy!
Ah yes, maybe. Although I did hear ‘stay at home dad’ on Woman’s Hour the other day so it is used. I’m not sure I have heard ‘stay at home mum’ before. I thought people said ‘mum’ for a stay at home mum. So maybe it’s neither?
Brilliant post, took me a moment before a wry smile. Agree though that ‘stay at home mum’ is in common usage, it’s even got its own acronym on Mumsnet: SAHM.
Like it! ‘Yummy’ is also chosen because of rhyme with ‘mummy’ of course… delicious daddies? delectable daddies? hot pops??
Yes, that’s very true I love hot pops!! Brilliant!
Dishy daddies, surely?
Oh that’s even better. Love it. I am going to start using it today.
gentleman doctor
big boy’s blouse
Thanks Nicola. Those are BRILLIANT! Inspired. Thanks for adding them. I actually had to think about gentleman doctor. Shame on me!
Can I throw in a Gentleman’s Day at the Races or down the Golf Club?
Oh yes! Very good.
… And how long since you last saw a male plumber
Another good ‘un, thanks.
Always thought DILF was a daughter… how about FILF – Father I’d Like to F…. Has kind of a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
Also, motherf***er -> fatherf***er!
Brilliant! Good work. Thank you.
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