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June 17, 2023 - Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett
09:50
What is a Father?
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What is a father?
Does it have to be a male?
Does it have to be a man?
Or can a father be anybody?
Yeah.
I view her as like my dad in a way.
Okay.
So.
So Father's Day doesn't have any gender?
Not to me, no.
I view her as like my Father's Day figure.
Can a woman be a father?
Yeah, you're not.
Um, yes.
Yeah.
I definitely think so.
They can't?
I mean, yes.
Um, they.
Yeah.
Yeah?
Can a woman be a father?
A mother can definitely be a father.
Just whatever you want a father to be.
There's no specific criteria that makes a father a father?
Not really, no.
What about a mother?
Mother?
Well, to me, my mom is just the one who gave birth to me.
Oh.
Yeah.
Is there a specific name for that?
Like, is there any category of people who give birth?
Uh, biologically females, but it doesn't have to be.
Happy Father's Day!
We're here in Clearwater to see if people even know what a father is and if we should just get rid of Father's Day altogether because it's super offensive.
Let's find out.
So is there anybody you want to say happy Father's Day to?
Yes, to my dad.
He's the best dad in the world.
Do we have the same dad?
My dad's the best dad in the world.
I don't think so.
I'm not sure.
I don't know.
You never know, right?
You never know.
What is a father?
What is a father?
A father is somebody that has a kid, responsible of a family.
Right?
That could also be a mother.
A mother, yeah.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
So what is the difference between a mother and a father?
I don't know why.
It's not a trick question.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I can't answer that.
What makes a father not a mother?
Oh, I don't know either.
What is a father?
Well, personally to me, my father is my dad.
Yeah.
But also, I have other people who like filled that father role for me and other aspects.
But just whatever you want a father to be.
There's no specific criteria that makes a father a father?
Not really, no.
What about a mother?
Mother, well, to me, my mom is just the one who gave birth to me.
Oh.
Yeah.
Is there a specific name for that?
Like, is there any category of people who give birth?
Biologically females, but it doesn't have to be.
If they want to celebrate on Father's Day, they can do that too.
Right.
We don't have to get rid of it.
Even though they're not men.
If they consider themselves as a father, then Father's Day would be for them too.
Technically, to me, she is a father.
What a father is, is someone who's there for their kids.
I mean, teaches them things right from wrong.
That's her.
Is there anything that separates a father?
Like, what is specific about a father?
What makes a father a father?
I mean, someone that teaches them, like I said, right from wrong, you know, just teaches them morals, values, how to change your oil.
She does all of that.
Well, isn't that just a mother?
Because you're using she pronouns.
I'm mom.
I mean, I'm mom.
I do the motherly things.
She does the fatherly thing.
Now I'm really hungry.
You know, I do have to feed my bodyguards, guys.
So if you could help me out with this, I mean, look at this guy.
He doesn't just eat a kid's meal for $5.99 at McDonald's.
Okay?
We're going to get him some steak.
We're going to get him some seafood.
We're going to fill him up because he does such a good job.
To help feed this guy, go to patreon.com slash Caitlin Bennett.
Even just $5 a month helps put some food in your belly, doesn't it?
Sound like I'm a starving African child.
You are starving African tired and the only way you can get food in his belly is going to patreon.com/kaylafinance.
Can anybody be a father?
I guess so, yeah.
Like some people are a mother and a father, like single moms.
Sure.
Are they mothers and fathers?
Are they just single mothers?
They can fill both roles.
Like, you know, they can do like, you know, baseball games and stuff and take the dad role.
Sure.
Yeah, they can take the dad role, but they're not dads, right?
I guess.
No, I mean, I don't know.
It depends on how you interpret it, I suppose.
How do you interpret it?
That anybody can be whatever they want to be.
Anybody can be whatever they want to be.
That's interesting.
How's that work?
Because I don't care how people identify, and that's their own concern.
Can a woman be a father?
Yeah, I know.
Yes.
I definitely think so.
They can?
I mean, they.
Yeah.
Yeah?
Can a woman be a father?
A mother can definitely be a father.
Sometimes, you know, depending on a particular situation, a mother may have to be considered mother and father.
Can she do a fatherly thing?
I mean, what is a father?
I mean, a role model, somebody that you look up to, right?
Yeah.
And has no gender?
To me, no.
No.
No.
You think to everybody that's how it is?
There's lots of mothers out there that are single mothers who play both roles.
Right.
But are they fathers?
Yeah.
If they're single, dad's not around, not there.
That makes them a man?
That makes them a father?
No.
I mean, not a man, but it gives them the father role.
Do you think women can be fathers?
Yeah.
Yeah, I know some of them.
How's that work?
I don't know.
They just do their handle their part.
When the dad ain't there, they just do their thing.
But they're just super moms then.
They're not dads, right?
Super moms, you know, I got one of them.
Yes.
I got a super mom, you know what I'm saying?
So happy Super Mother's Day to your mom, number one.
Shout out, B. Jones, Brandy.
You know what I'm saying?
I love you, mama.
Who cares what other people do?
Who cares if there's drag queens on Nickelodeon?
If you don't like it, don't let your kids watch SpongeBob, right?
I guess, yeah, if that's how you want a parent, it's about the being there.
Like, it's about the person who's there.
I celebrate Father's Day because I was a single mom for a long time.
And I was like, oh, it's my day too.
You're a father too?
Yeah, I'm a mother and a father.
Both roles, because it's just me and baby.
Blues.
Now he's in the picture.
What is a father?
Sperm door?
That's kind of what I'm out here asking today: is what is a father?
Does it have to be a male?
Does it have to be a man?
Or can a father be anybody?
Yeah.
I view her as like my dad in a way.
Okay.
So.
So Father's Day doesn't have any gender?
Not to me, no.
I view her as like my Father's Day figure.
It's Father's Day on Sunday.
Did you get your dad a gift?
Yes.
You did?
Yes.
You got him a shirt from LHMarch.com and you used the discount code July4 for 20% off.
And you got your 4th of July shirts there too, didn't you?
Yes, I did.
Yeah, yeah, you did.
Awesome.
Okay, you also got your pride shirts there too.
I got my pride shirt.
Yeah, we're proud over here.
Pride month.
Okay, anyway, big hard-inning question for Father's Day.
What is a father?
It's my dad, and he loves me a lot.
Yes, he does.
He got divorced, though, so I don't know if he loves my mom, but, you know.
I'm sure he does.
Yeah, to some extent, you know.
Yeah.
Sorry.
I think he likes his new 25-year-old girlfriend more.
I feel like that in a relationship when you have all those, you know, different perspectives, I feel like that a female may want to turn, you know, go to the other side.
And I feel like that we should give her the same or her the same respect when she turns over.
And if she wants to have a kid, we should celebrate her as a father.
And it should be Father's Day for everyone.
It shouldn't just be about gender.
Yeah, because aren't they choosing their gender, right?
Can you choose your gender?
Clearly.
Well, so I'm old school.
You can?
Yeah.
I mean, look at it.
I mean, everybody, I'm born a female, and if I wanted to change my gender, I can't.
How?
Surgery, what are all the other extra stuff that they do?
Well, there's a difference between men and women in biology.
Oh.
A man and a woman, that's gender.
And gender identity is something totally different.
I mean, there can be women that can be like, as a like male figure, kind of in a way.
Like that take on that role.
You don't think men should?
Men can.
I don't know.
I mean, just to raise a kid with good morals, respect others.
Isn't that a mother?
Yes.
So what is a father?
I mean I just said I don't know.
Shouldn't ever abolish Father's Day because you know like God he's our father and all that you know it's just he's everybody's father in reality you know and I just think why would you abolish that?
I think everybody has to have someone to look up to and and I think just Being in the system, we've worked with foster care before and I think that it's important for boys especially to have a strong male role model.
Who's smoking the devil's lettuce out here?
I don't know but I'm jealous.
Do you smell it?
I think I see the culprit.
I think he's got it.
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