Abstract
The relationship between the two genders has generated an enormous amount of literature from, at least, the Greeks (Lysistrata [Aristophanes circa 400 b.c.]) through Shakespeare (Romeo & Juliet; Macbeth circa 1600) to U.S. popular culture (Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (Gray, 1994), You Just Don’t Understand (Tannen, 1990). This chapter attempts to analyze how one facet of the otherwise multidimensional, multifascinating, multifaceted relationship between men and women may impact on fatherhood.
It is only rarely that one can see in a boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
Alexander Dumas
To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment.
Indira Ghandi
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Mackey, W.C. (1996). Electra and Lady Macbeth. In: The American Father. The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0239-9_11
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