Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett - What is a Father? Aired: 2023-06-17 Duration: 09:50 === Who Can Be a Father? (07:26) === [00:00:00] What is a father? [00:00:01] Does it have to be a male? [00:00:02] Does it have to be a man? [00:00:04] Or can a father be anybody? [00:00:06] Yeah. [00:00:06] I view her as like my dad in a way. [00:00:09] Okay. [00:00:11] So. [00:00:11] So Father's Day doesn't have any gender? [00:00:14] Not to me, no. [00:00:15] I view her as like my Father's Day figure. [00:00:17] Can a woman be a father? [00:00:19] Yeah, you're not. [00:00:20] Um, yes. [00:00:21] Yeah. [00:00:21] I definitely think so. [00:00:22] They can't? [00:00:23] I mean, yes. [00:00:25] Um, they. [00:00:26] Yeah. [00:00:27] Yeah? [00:00:28] Can a woman be a father? [00:00:30] A mother can definitely be a father. [00:00:32] Just whatever you want a father to be. [00:00:35] There's no specific criteria that makes a father a father? [00:00:38] Not really, no. [00:00:39] What about a mother? [00:00:40] Mother? [00:00:41] Well, to me, my mom is just the one who gave birth to me. [00:00:44] Oh. [00:00:45] Yeah. [00:00:45] Is there a specific name for that? [00:00:47] Like, is there any category of people who give birth? [00:00:50] Uh, biologically females, but it doesn't have to be. [00:00:58] Happy Father's Day! [00:00:59] 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. [00:01:07] Let's find out. [00:01:13] So is there anybody you want to say happy Father's Day to? [00:01:15] Yes, to my dad. [00:01:17] He's the best dad in the world. [00:01:19] Do we have the same dad? [00:01:20] My dad's the best dad in the world. [00:01:22] I don't think so. [00:01:24] I'm not sure. [00:01:25] I don't know. [00:01:26] You never know, right? [00:01:28] You never know. [00:01:28] What is a father? [00:01:30] What is a father? [00:01:32] A father is somebody that has a kid, responsible of a family. [00:01:39] Right? [00:01:40] That could also be a mother. [00:01:41] A mother, yeah. [00:01:42] Uh-huh. [00:01:42] Yeah. [00:01:43] So what is the difference between a mother and a father? [00:01:46] I don't know why. [00:01:47] It's not a trick question. [00:01:49] I don't know. [00:01:51] I don't know. [00:01:51] I can't answer that. [00:01:53] What makes a father not a mother? [00:01:56] Oh, I don't know either. [00:01:59] What is a father? [00:02:01] Well, personally to me, my father is my dad. [00:02:05] Yeah. [00:02:05] But also, I have other people who like filled that father role for me and other aspects. [00:02:11] But just whatever you want a father to be. [00:02:14] There's no specific criteria that makes a father a father? [00:02:17] Not really, no. [00:02:18] What about a mother? [00:02:20] Mother, well, to me, my mom is just the one who gave birth to me. [00:02:23] Oh. [00:02:24] Yeah. [00:02:24] Is there a specific name for that? [00:02:26] Like, is there any category of people who give birth? [00:02:31] Biologically females, but it doesn't have to be. [00:02:34] If they want to celebrate on Father's Day, they can do that too. [00:02:36] Right. [00:02:37] We don't have to get rid of it. [00:02:39] Even though they're not men. [00:02:40] If they consider themselves as a father, then Father's Day would be for them too. [00:02:44] Technically, to me, she is a father. [00:02:46] What a father is, is someone who's there for their kids. [00:02:50] I mean, teaches them things right from wrong. [00:02:53] That's her. [00:02:54] Is there anything that separates a father? [00:02:57] Like, what is specific about a father? [00:02:59] What makes a father a father? [00:03:01] I mean, someone that teaches them, like I said, right from wrong, you know, just teaches them morals, values, how to change your oil. [00:03:09] She does all of that. [00:03:11] Well, isn't that just a mother? [00:03:12] Because you're using she pronouns. [00:03:15] I'm mom. [00:03:16] I mean, I'm mom. [00:03:17] I do the motherly things. [00:03:18] She does the fatherly thing. [00:03:21] Now I'm really hungry. [00:03:22] You know, I do have to feed my bodyguards, guys. [00:03:26] So if you could help me out with this, I mean, look at this guy. [00:03:29] He doesn't just eat a kid's meal for $5.99 at McDonald's. [00:03:33] Okay? [00:03:33] We're going to get him some steak. [00:03:34] We're going to get him some seafood. [00:03:36] We're going to fill him up because he does such a good job. [00:03:38] To help feed this guy, go to patreon.com slash Caitlin Bennett. [00:03:42] Even just $5 a month helps put some food in your belly, doesn't it? [00:03:47] Sound like I'm a starving African child. [00:03:49] You are starving African tired and the only way you can get food in his belly is going to patreon.com/kaylafinance. [00:04:05] Can anybody be a father? [00:04:08] I guess so, yeah. [00:04:09] Like some people are a mother and a father, like single moms. [00:04:12] Sure. [00:04:14] Are they mothers and fathers? [00:04:15] Are they just single mothers? [00:04:17] They can fill both roles. [00:04:19] Like, you know, they can do like, you know, baseball games and stuff and take the dad role. [00:04:23] Sure. [00:04:24] Yeah, they can take the dad role, but they're not dads, right? [00:04:28] I guess. [00:04:29] No, I mean, I don't know. [00:04:30] It depends on how you interpret it, I suppose. [00:04:33] How do you interpret it? [00:04:35] That anybody can be whatever they want to be. [00:04:38] Anybody can be whatever they want to be. [00:04:39] That's interesting. [00:04:40] How's that work? [00:04:42] Because I don't care how people identify, and that's their own concern. [00:04:47] Can a woman be a father? [00:04:48] Yeah, I know. [00:04:50] Yes. [00:04:51] I definitely think so. [00:04:52] They can? [00:04:52] I mean, they. [00:04:56] Yeah. [00:04:57] Yeah? [00:04:57] Can a woman be a father? [00:04:59] A mother can definitely be a father. [00:05:01] Sometimes, you know, depending on a particular situation, a mother may have to be considered mother and father. [00:05:10] Can she do a fatherly thing? [00:05:12] I mean, what is a father? [00:05:15] I mean, a role model, somebody that you look up to, right? [00:05:19] Yeah. [00:05:19] And has no gender? [00:05:21] To me, no. [00:05:22] No. [00:05:22] No. [00:05:23] You think to everybody that's how it is? [00:05:25] There's lots of mothers out there that are single mothers who play both roles. [00:05:29] Right. [00:05:29] But are they fathers? [00:05:30] Yeah. [00:05:31] If they're single, dad's not around, not there. [00:05:35] That makes them a man? [00:05:36] That makes them a father? [00:05:37] No. [00:05:38] I mean, not a man, but it gives them the father role. [00:05:41] Do you think women can be fathers? [00:05:43] Yeah. [00:05:44] Yeah, I know some of them. [00:05:46] How's that work? [00:05:47] I don't know. [00:05:47] They just do their handle their part. [00:05:50] When the dad ain't there, they just do their thing. [00:05:53] But they're just super moms then. [00:05:54] They're not dads, right? [00:05:56] Super moms, you know, I got one of them. [00:05:58] Yes. [00:05:58] I got a super mom, you know what I'm saying? [00:06:00] So happy Super Mother's Day to your mom, number one. [00:06:03] Shout out, B. Jones, Brandy. [00:06:05] You know what I'm saying? [00:06:06] I love you, mama. [00:06:07] Who cares what other people do? [00:06:10] Who cares if there's drag queens on Nickelodeon? [00:06:12] If you don't like it, don't let your kids watch SpongeBob, right? [00:06:16] I guess, yeah, if that's how you want a parent, it's about the being there. [00:06:21] Like, it's about the person who's there. [00:06:23] I celebrate Father's Day because I was a single mom for a long time. [00:06:26] And I was like, oh, it's my day too. [00:06:29] You're a father too? [00:06:30] Yeah, I'm a mother and a father. [00:06:32] Both roles, because it's just me and baby. [00:06:34] Blues. [00:06:34] Now he's in the picture. [00:06:36] What is a father? [00:06:41] Sperm door? [00:06:46] That's kind of what I'm out here asking today: is what is a father? [00:06:49] Does it have to be a male? [00:06:50] Does it have to be a man? [00:06:52] Or can a father be anybody? [00:06:54] Yeah. [00:06:54] I view her as like my dad in a way. [00:06:57] Okay. [00:06:59] So. [00:07:00] So Father's Day doesn't have any gender? [00:07:02] Not to me, no. [00:07:03] I view her as like my Father's Day figure. [00:07:06] It's Father's Day on Sunday. [00:07:07] Did you get your dad a gift? [00:07:08] Yes. [00:07:08] You did? [00:07:09] Yes. [00:07:09] You got him a shirt from LHMarch.com and you used the discount code July4 for 20% off. === What Is A Father? (02:38) === [00:07:16] And you got your 4th of July shirts there too, didn't you? [00:07:19] Yes, I did. [00:07:20] Yeah, yeah, you did. [00:07:21] Awesome. [00:07:21] Okay, you also got your pride shirts there too. [00:07:23] I got my pride shirt. [00:07:24] Yeah, we're proud over here. [00:07:26] Pride month. [00:07:28] Okay, anyway, big hard-inning question for Father's Day. [00:07:32] What is a father? [00:07:35] It's my dad, and he loves me a lot. [00:07:38] Yes, he does. [00:07:39] He got divorced, though, so I don't know if he loves my mom, but, you know. [00:07:45] I'm sure he does. [00:07:46] Yeah, to some extent, you know. [00:07:48] Yeah. [00:07:48] Sorry. [00:07:49] I think he likes his new 25-year-old girlfriend more. [00:07:52] 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. [00:08:04] And I feel like that we should give her the same or her the same respect when she turns over. [00:08:09] And if she wants to have a kid, we should celebrate her as a father. [00:08:12] And it should be Father's Day for everyone. [00:08:14] It shouldn't just be about gender. [00:08:16] Yeah, because aren't they choosing their gender, right? [00:08:18] Can you choose your gender? [00:08:20] Clearly. [00:08:20] Well, so I'm old school. [00:08:22] You can? [00:08:22] Yeah. [00:08:23] I mean, look at it. [00:08:24] I mean, everybody, I'm born a female, and if I wanted to change my gender, I can't. [00:08:28] How? [00:08:29] Surgery, what are all the other extra stuff that they do? [00:08:31] Well, there's a difference between men and women in biology. [00:08:36] Oh. [00:08:36] A man and a woman, that's gender. [00:08:40] And gender identity is something totally different. [00:08:42] I mean, there can be women that can be like, as a like male figure, kind of in a way. [00:08:49] Like that take on that role. [00:08:53] You don't think men should? [00:08:54] Men can. [00:08:55] I don't know. [00:08:56] I mean, just to raise a kid with good morals, respect others. [00:08:59] Isn't that a mother? [00:09:03] Yes. [00:09:04] So what is a father? [00:09:07] I mean I just said I don't know. [00:09:10] 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? [00:09:22] 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. [00:09:42] Who's smoking the devil's lettuce out here? [00:09:44] I don't know but I'm jealous. [00:09:46] Do you smell it? [00:09:48] I think I see the culprit. [00:09:49] I think he's got it.