Fatherhood is a biological event – and not just in the one-and-done contribution of sperm.
Both women and men are biologically primed for parenting. But because the experience of pregnancy and giving birth is so viscerally the mother’s, most people assume that not much changes for a man, physiologically, with fatherhood.
This is simply not true, and servicing this belief does nothing but shield the patriarchal notion that men are only responsible for providing shelter and a paycheck for their families — a disastrous premise we are all already reeling under.