Macho men happy with bag for the nappy

DADS! Do you suffer from nappy bag emasculation? No, wait, come back, this is serious, writes Suzanne Harrington.

It’s an actual headline from The Wall Street Journal — except they call it diaper bag emasculation. You may have been concerned about nuclear Armageddon, ocean plastics, or if you’re going to turn up on someone’s #MeToo list, but put such trifles aside and concentrate on what is truly the greatest challenge facing modern masculinity — pastel nappy bags.

I refer not to the flimsy scented plastic items you place dead nappies in before they go to landfill, but the shoulder bags of baby gear new parents are forced to carry everywhere, and which weigh many times more than the infant they serve.