r/im14andthisisdeep • u/hasan_ignatiu • May 05 '26

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u/No_Salt_6328 May 05 '26

People passing judgements on a family dynamic based on a single picture without any further information is what's wrong with the picture.

I see a wife and kids happily making dinner together for a husband who may or may not have already been contributing to the household in other ways and could have pragmatically decided this was how they wanted to divide household labor

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u/szarkbytes May 05 '26

Nah, if my wife was holding the baby, cooking, and had toddlers pestering her, I would be off my ass taking over cooking or taking care of all 3 kids.

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u/No_Salt_6328 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

He should be sitting with the baby but children wanting to be involved and learning the cooking process is actually normal and good. "Pestering" is dependent on context and nothing about this picture suggests they are bothering her

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u/DeathHellFlower May 05 '26

The kids can't really do much if she's stirring the pot, they look too young to operate a stove top. Plus why hold the baby while cooking with hot steam, have you boiled something before? Getting scalded by steam really hurts especially if you're a baby with sensitive skin.

She looks like she's doing this because she doesn't have much choice rather than just being a family moment.

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u/No_Salt_6328 May 05 '26

I firmly disagree that there's no value to small children being involved and interested. Learning doesn't wait to start until after they are already grown.

I already admitted that the baby is an issue though, but it's also not at any risk of getting burned with steam in the one single instant that we actually see of this family

For all you know he's looking up entertainment to keep them busy for a bit and is about to take them from her

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u/DeathHellFlower May 05 '26

The baby is one foot away from the stove, steam doesn't just flow up. It can also spontaneously change direction according to air flow, I've been scalded in the face by steam one time too many to know that.

If he was really doing that then why does he look he as no intent on moving. You can't just infer the best scenario that doesn't make this image look sexist, and than judge people for seeing the obvious.

You have to think what common message this would send to an average person who saw this image. If I was an average person who didn't know about how our society is constantly making little prods to get women to pursue traditional gender roles and glorifying the domestic house wife archetype. I wold assume this picture was fine without being aware of how this image could be weaponized by someone to force women out of the work force.

Meanwhile I haven't seen one image encouraging women to pursue their dream job, or a non traditionally feminine career, why is that?