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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Vance also seemed to agree when a podcast host suggested that having grandparents help raise children was a ‘weird, unadvertised feature of marrying an Indian woman’

JD Vance agreed with the notion that raising grandchildren was “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female,” an unearthed 2020 podcast shows.

Vance also seemed to concur when the host suggested that having grandparents help raise children was a “weird, unadvertised feature of marrying an Indian woman.”

It's the latest in comments from the Republican nominee for vice president about women and "traditional" roles that have drawn ire. Vance has faced intense criticism in recent weeks for previous sexist comments, including his remarks about "cat ladies."

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[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 64 points 3 months ago

Does that mean if a white guy gets divorced and loses custody of his kids, he becomes a purposeless entity?

“That’s DIFFERENT”

[-] tyler@programming.dev 26 points 3 months ago

It really implies that grandfathers are useless lol. Only grandmothers have purpose.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 months ago

Dude did you miss the part of your own sentence that said “white guy”?

This means he has a penis. And it is white. I don’t understand the question.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 9 points 3 months ago

Well they plan to remove a woman's ability to get a divorce, so if the white guy wants to keep his kids he just doesn't divorce his wife. Problem solved! /s

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