Male's Work Leave Denied Because "Men Don't Go To Baby Showers"

Publish Date
Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 3:24PM

A man who was told he couldn't take work off because "men don't go to baby showers", has sparked an online debate about gender stereotypes.

The refusal form was posted to Imgur, and has been viewed more than 800 times attracting thousands of comments about sexism. 

The original post was made by Backpacks Got Jets, and read:

“Army Specialist was denied leave to go to a baby shower because he CO (commanding officer) said, ‘Men don’t go to baby showers’, so he changed his reason”.

The ‘sexist’ response.
The new "reason" he needed work off read as follows:

“Going home to the Appalachian Mountains to drink whiskey, wrestle bears, and shoot lots of guns.

“I also plan to grow out a beard, chop down a hundred trees with my axe and eat 10 lbs of thick cut bacon with my wife, whom I plan on having lots of unprotected sex with, because I am a man and that’s just what we do. Football.”

However as none of the other boxes appeared to be filled out, people are arguing it could be fake. 
Some people legitimately though men weren't supposed to attend baby showers, while others were quick to defend the idea claiming men shouldn't be judged for doing so.

Imgur user Tanyer, said: “I literally thought men weren’t supposed to attend baby showers.

“Like, isn’t it a thing where it’s the mother’s lady friends?”

In response, Bebopcola 2021 said: “Traditionally, yes, it’s a ‘lady thing’. But times are changing and whatnot.”

Mum Motor Apple We Will Painted With Them added: “It can be. For me, tolerating other humans is hard. I required my baby co-creator there to get through it.”

Bag VWF wrote: “We ran a co-ed baby shower/house-warming. Which is great, because instead of playing stupid baby shower games I got to grill and drink beer.”

And Turned On By Good Grammar said: “Military man here. I attended our baby shower, and it was a pretty good time. Not entirely my thing, but I’m glad I got to be a part of it.”

Good is Unpopular said: “Every baby shower I’ve ever been to had men.
“Everyone was in agreement if you refused to show on the grounds you were a man, you’re an a**hole”.
Put simply, Realms Lover 59 said: “We don’t believe in sexist s*** like that anymore.”

So what is the verdict guys... should this leave have been denied because "men don't go to baby showers"? 

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