Why the comments about a photo of Daniel Craig with his baby are doing dads no favours.

On Sunday, Daniel Craig was photographed carrying his one-month-old daughter in a front baby carrier while taking a walk in New York.

Right.

Cool.

No news here.

It was just a photo of a (very famous) father going for a walk with his newborn, who he and wife Rachel Weisz welcomed in September. Nothing out of the ordinary.

But then British journalist and TV presenter Piers Morgan said… things. Ridiculous things.

Morgan tweeted a paparazzi photo of Craig on the walk, writing: “Oh 007.. not you as well?!!! #papoose #emasculatedBond”.

Oh 007.. not you as well?!!! #papoose #emasculatedBond pic.twitter.com/cqWiCRCFt3

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 15, 2018

Yeah. Morgan suggested that Craig taking his daughter for a walk while wearing a papoose (that’s a strange British word for baby carrier, FYI) meant he was less of a man.

So, uh, that’s bad enough. But then he explained himself further.

“He’s using an emasculating papoose. James Bond would never use a papoose to carry his babies.”

He later tweeted: “Carrying a baby is harder work, but worth it for the unashamedly masculine joy of NOT Wearing a papoose.”

Sigh. How fragile must someone’s masculinity be if it is ‘damaged’ by carrying their baby? We bet James Bond is very secure in his masculinity.

Carrying your child is in no way emasculating and to suggest otherwise is just ridiculous – and harmful.

A 2014 Australian study of child development found that mothers spent an average of 19 hours per week caring for children, compared to 10 hours for fathers.

Morgan is perfectly demonstrating the kind of attitude that can discourage dads from being hands-on parents and unfairly burdens mums with all of the work. This is harmful for dads, mums and the children.

Thankfully, while Morgan continued to bicker with people in response to his tweets, dads started doing something great.

They shared photos of themselves challenging the outdated stereotypes Morgan was stuck on – by securing their babies in baby carriers because they needed two free hands… or just because they damn well wanted to.

#emasculatedUFCfighter en route to Thailand, did my whole fight camp with her in the #papoose…she finished camp unscathed!! ???? @ufc pic.twitter.com/AmQaSSqF73

— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) October 16, 2018

I carried my son on a hike. We seen a beautiful waterfall and experienced nature. I guess we should’ve stayed indoors instead you utter goon? pic.twitter.com/5Ht68nMYcR

— alan rodger (@alanrodger7) October 16, 2018

I don’t often pay attention to Piers ‘I love Trump and the patriarchy’ Morgan but his guff yesterday about men carrying babies being ‘emasculated’ touched a nerve, given how lovely (and hot) my husband looks with our two-day-old son. Lo: pic.twitter.com/QSgn2xq7h3

— Dr Kerri Andrews (@kerriandrewsuk) October 16, 2018

Those of us lucky enough to have children may want to share the job of carrying them – especially after our partners have done so for nine months.

For me they were some of the happiest times of my life pic.twitter.com/pAA3kKfbO7

— Samuel West (@exitthelemming) October 16, 2018

Wait, I’m sorry, @piersmorgan, you wanted pictures of beautiful men holding their babies, right? Yeah. pic.twitter.com/KhkosJyGMe

— Kaitlin Curtice #UNTAMED (@KaitlinCurtice) October 16, 2018

One dad (a retired wrestler!) shared a picture of him wearing an Elsa costume, because hell yes.

This is me wearing an Elsa dress after Lyric asked me to wear her Mom’s Halloween costume. I look ridiculous. But who cares? That’s what you do for your kids. I’m sure ⁦@piersmorgan⁩ would find this emasculating. I say only if you’re uncomfortable in your masculinity. pic.twitter.com/kDOvnw4pz2

— Adam (Edge) Copeland (@EdgeRatedR) October 16, 2018

Even Captain America chimed in. Chris Evans’ had a perfect response:

— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) October 16, 2018

Piers Morgan has dedicated hours to responding to people calling out his opinion online which seems… weird. Going for a walk with his four children would be a much better way to spend his time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯