Opinion | How to break free of the patriarchy this pandemic Thanksgiving

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Opinion | Emily Contois: Thanksgiving is built on patriarchal norms. 2020 is the perfect time to break them. - NBCNewsTHINK

all published stories to address the unfounded rumor that the soy in Impossible Whoppers could cause men to grow breasts. An inclusive holiday table is one that welcomes all guests, letting anyone decline to eat the turkey if they want to.

The problems don't end with turkey. Thanksgiving enthusiasts gush over their favorite side dishes, whether stuffing, rolls or macaroni and cheese. Meanwhile, our culture reinforces the idea that men have large appetites that demand satisfaction with plates piled high. On one hand, think offrozen meals, once marketed on the front of the package by their weight —"over 1 lb.

It’s one thing to genuinely express love through food. It’s another to feel that such actions are required. The idea that"food is love" has guided women's cooking and feeding behaviors for decades, maybe centuries. But it's one thing to genuinely express love through food. It's another to feel that such actions are required, that this culinary effort exemplifies good womanhood itself.

And many home cooks, who are disproportionately women, are feeling particularly burned out right now after preparing three meals a day since March on top of work, schooling and all else. Obviously, plenty of men do their part, but the gender politics of home cooking — day to day and

 

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THINK Wow ... that was the dumbest opinion I think I have ever had the misfortune to read. With an IQ that low, this person must need someone else to tie it's shoes.

THINK Oh give me a break 🙄

THINK Here, NBC, as usual, strikes at the American Family in the highest tradition of hate filled Marxism.

THINK We've seen what no father has done to the Black community, including myself, let's have more of that right? What a dumbass.

THINK EmilyContois no one cares about your opinion. About anything. Or nbc news

DrMcKinn THINK I didn’t read the whole thing. Good grief. She needs s boyfriend

THINK obviously the write has issues with their own issues!

THINK Oy.

THINK Children of fatherless homes have a lot more problems

THINK What a crock of bullshit. What makes this OpEd worth publishing? What is bring pushed by the writer isn't even valid in many homes today. Time to get over being whatever gender it was born with and become a functioning park of society.

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THINK it was a norm that celebrated the destruction of native americans.

THINK She really had to reach to make Thanksgiving celebrations about patriarchy and it made for a pretty lame opinion.

THINK Lol

THINK Good grief. More shaming of white people.

THINK This author need three things to happen; Get a life, get a real job and get laid already. She clearly needs a man in her life.

THINK More garbage opinions no one cares about

THINK What a load of media crap

THINK Why? There is nothing wrong with it! Why is it wrong for a family to have a strong male presence? This society has made it wrong to be a strong man! Not every strong man is against a strong woman!

THINK Oh give it a break, will ya?! Must you undermine every tradition.

THINK Always something to detract from what is important...shove your opinion

THINK My dad always carved the turkey, but for my entire adult life I have had the honors - my husband is more than fine with that!

THINK Your original colonists were religious weirdos chased out of Europe for their weirdness. Somehow that weirdness took root and the country still maintains that element. HappyThanksgiving2020

THINK Peace Be Still

THINK This article is sooo judgemental. Do what your family wants to do.

THINK Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except the fraudsters who rigged this election and fake news media..

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