The African View: Is it emasculating to be a stay at home dad with a partner who works?

Published Apr 15, 2025, 12:18 PM

According to recent studies, men are shouldering more of the domestic burden  and spending more time parenting than any generation before them.

They're more involved with their families. They hug more, they say "I love you" more. They're no longer mystified by the dials on the washing machine. Fathers' desire to be involved with their children  is to the twenty-first century what women's desire to be in the workplace was to the twentieth century,

We asked if it is emasculating to be a stay at home dad with a partner who works?

We spoke to Katleho Mogase, a Traditional seer,Jabu Zwane, Executive Coach and Ocholi Okutepa, Relationship and Marriage Counselor and Coach.