"Embarrassing" is one word...

"The dads caucus exists largely to amplify the same legislative priorities championed by the moms, but it has, predictably, been somewhat hapless in its image control."

~ Phillip Maciak

"Modern Dads Are Embarrassing. Which Just Might Be Good Politics."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/magazine/congressional-dad-caucus.html

"Gomez’s group now represents only about two dozen of the chamber’s scores upon scores of male parents, few of whom appear to struggle with child care. It was for this precise reason that members formed the Moms in the House Caucus in 2019 — not just to spearhead a legislative agenda but also to help the House itself create a previously nonexistent infrastructure for mothers of young children. (“Congress wasn’t built for members like me,” Representative Katie Porter, a single mother of three school-aged children, said.) Conveniently, they also contributed to the ongoing reframing of the archetypal political mom, from the cold careerist of sexist attacks to a relatable vision of tenacity, the Mom as Fighter.

The dads caucus..."

~ Phillip Maciak