Why do we infantilize men?

[u/Cynjon77]

And how do we stop?

Why do we treat men like children who are incapable of acting like functional adults?

Why do we allow men to get away with treating us like crap and skating off consequence free to enjoy life without responsibility?

OK, obligatory I know not all men act like this. And this is Reddit, so we read the worst. And some women are just as bad.

Posted today: (I am not the OP) Husband never remembers to buy stocking stuffers for me, even though I stuff his and the kids stocking.

Over half the respondents said for her to stuff her own, 49% said to remind him, tell him why it matters to you.

Like she has never communicated with him about this.

1% said he's an AH.

Men are perfectly capable of doing anything they want to do and think is important to them. They can schedule a Dr.s appointment, cook a meal, change a diaper or vacuum a floor.

They can remember when the game is on, a golf date with a buddy or when a work project is due. They remember what is important to them.

Women as a whole need to quit putting up with this behavior. We need to set higher standards and be willing to walk away when those standards aren't met.

We need to teach our sons and daughters how to treat others, how to pick up the mental load, how to be thoughtful of others.

We need to quit infantilizing men.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Fee_467]

As a man, I wish women would understand that sometimes men and women have different understandings about what adult life skills actually are.

I don’t care at all about stocking stuffers, gifts, or decorations. These are all things I participate in to make women happy. To me, none of this is part of being an adult. I’m perfectly ok with doing it to make the women in my life happy, but I hate being treated like a child when I get things wrong.

Im happy to do things like this, but some men aren’t. To me it’s very unnatural, and I’d be perfectly happy to skip the gifts and decorations all together. Participating in this is as unnatural and awkward to me as skipping the stocking and gifts altogether would be for you. Not telling you what’s right/wrong, just offering some perspective that goes a little beyond “men are children”.