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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I guess being a mother is considered an important life achievement, while being a father is not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

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."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

You do get to be a father in news articles. Mainly when they talk about you being deceased though.