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minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 months agoI guess being a mother is considered an important life achievement, while being a father is not.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI think it’s more that, for some, becoming a parent is their only life accomplishment, so “reader engagement” is literally, “hey, overlap these two circles, or the middle won’t buy our crap.”
minus-squareHenriVolney@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoYou do get to be a father in news articles. Mainly when they talk about you being deceased though.
I guess being a mother is considered an important life achievement, while being a father is not.
I think it’s more that, for some, becoming a parent is their only life accomplishment, so “reader engagement” is literally, “hey, overlap these two circles, or the middle won’t buy our crap.”
You do get to be a father in news articles. Mainly when they talk about you being deceased though.