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I've never been body-shamed. I've never been told I'm doing it wrong. I've never been criticized, publicly embarrassed, or even judged by strangers for any interaction I've had with my son.
It has taken four years of being a dad to realize these things. To understand that I seem to parent free of that spotlight that scans the internet looking for parenting mistakes to shine on.
But it only took me a few moments to realize why exactly I've lived judgement free.
I'm a dad and society collectively reserves its venom for mothers. What I'll never understand is why.
Why do we go after moms so much? Why does everything mothers do have to be the subject of public debate?
Dads?
Our bodies aren't politicized. Our decisions aren't examined. And we don't really seem to care about how other dads do dad stuff. Oh, and we don't have to worry about equal pay for equal work unless we're advocating for women to go ahead and finally get that.
We can come and go as we please. Being a dad rules. Thanks, society.
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Louie Villalobos is a parenting blogger and digital producer for azcentral. You can follow him on Twitter and find his podcast on , and . Just search for "I am your father."
