Woman outraged over ‘sexist’ mommy song taught at elementary school
nypost.comwrote Sophie Hill of the outdated tune, which was produced by the UK-based company Out of the Ark Music. (Mother’s Day falls on March 27 in the UK this year.) The accompanying photo shows the patriarchy-promoting poem, entitled “My Mum” which highlights the domestic talents of mothers everywhere. “She does all the cleaning and shopping, and makes a wonderful tea!” reads one condescending verse.
If that wasn’t “Handmaid’s Tale” enough, the stereotypical song also includes the line: “She may not have a degree, but she helps with my homework, and that’s what matters to me.”Hill, who is reportedly a Ph.D.
student at Harvard University, contrasted the demeaning ditty in a followup tweet with a laudatory song that Out of the Ark Music composed for Father’s Day.
She observed that the pop-aganda ballad didn’t mention any “caregiving tasks” but made sure to “specify that dads are ‘clever’ and ‘genius.’ ““My Mum” was deemed tone deaf by critics on social media with one flabbergasted commenter writing, “Good GRIEF.
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