VIRAL VIDEO: MetLife’s ‘My Dad’s Story’ Clip Poignantly Glorifies Fathers But Knocks Great Mothers Down?

By Staff Reporter | Feb 11, 2015 04:10 PM EST

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Viral Video - "My Dad's Story: Dream for My Child" is a promotional ad of MetLife Hong Kong. It poignantly depicted the hardships and sacrifices experienced by a single father. But as it glorifies admirable dads, it fuels reactions on trying to knock great mothers down.

The three-minute-twenty-six-second video has a tagline, "You can't change your destiny, but you can create your own." The clip, which shows the exceptional bond of a father-and-daughter relationship, has now over 5 million views with more than 22,000 likes.

Though the video will definitely make you shed some tears, other viewers took it as a proof of gender inequality, in which fathers are more favored than mothers.

"When a single mother takes care of her kids, it's expected. But when a single father takes care of his kids, it's like he's the goddamned messiah..." one commented. Another wrote, "In an age where we are still 100% oppressed by patriarchal masculinity, the last thing we need is a reaffirmation of the bigoted, institutionalized system that favors men over women, and fathers over mothers."

Do you think MetLife's clip depicts gender biases? Watch the video below and be the judge.

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