I think that my father being a nurturing father, helped him take on these two roles wonderfully. ... Many of my friends fathers take on the traditional father role. ... "Fathers tend to be more closely involved with their sons than their daughters" (Morgan, Lye, & Condran, 1988; Smith & Morgan, 1994; as cited in Strong, DeVault, Sayed, & Cohen, 2001 P.330). ... "Fathers may have an advantage in teaching sons sex-typed behavior. Therefore, greater involvement with sons might be predicted on the basis of fathers' comparative advantage in socializing sons"(Harris & Morgan P.531). ...

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She was losing her son and she did not know how to turn the tide " (89). She finally decided that it was time for a drastic change and that she would send her son to military school. ... Mary did not ever think that her son would meet his father, and it would have probably been better if he hadn't. But as fate would have it, Wes did meet his father, twice, and both times his father didn't even know who he was. ... Already, there is a stark contrast between this memory of the other Wes Moore's father and Wes Moore's father. ...

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While struggling with his now tainted ideas of masculinity, the main characters father portrays his masculinity by authority when he puts his son in his place by slapping him down when disrespecting his mother (106). ... The main characters father in the beginning of the story is described as an authority figure when he tells his son that nobody can stay smooth forever, when he finds out about him shoplifting (98). He even threatens his son by telling him youre going to get caught, and when you do, Ill show them everything youve taken and then theyll throw you away like a bad piece of meat (9...

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Angie Lowe and her son Johnny; who have been abandoned by his father for months now. ... It is also their job to teach their sons how to be a man and how to perform a man's duty. ... It is not good for Small Warrior to grow up without a father to teach him how to perform a man's duty. ... This shows feminism because Vittorio is implying that a woman cannot teach her son the same way as a father can, he's simply downgrading woman saying they cannot perform/teach the same way as men can. ... But it is the father's job to teach the boy about the outside world and how it poses ...

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However, when a male is born the father plays a huge role in his life "It is the father's duty to eliminate any feminine qualities out of his son's personality and behavior " (Malysa). The father has to teach his son how to hunt, prepare yam seedlings for planting and taking care of an animal flock. ...

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Parents, realized or not, differentiate the methods of upbringing and raising their son to their daughter. ... They believe that pink is a little too feminine for their son and dolls can make him looks like a sissy. ... Parents tend to overprotect their daughter than their son. ... When a father cannot spare his time for his children, society still thinks that it is okay because the father is already tired of his job. ... Later, if the children do mischievous thing, it is the mother who got the blame for she cannot teach the children well; not the father. ...

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It showed many fathers saving their son from different surprise incidents. Some incidents consisted of the son tripping and falling, or losing control of his bike and crashing into a car. It then showed a father and son in a car with his son in the driver's seat learning to drive. The son took his eyes off the road for a quick second and almost hit another car, luckily the car had auto emergency breaking in which the father had control of. ...

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As this is happening, there is a mid-shot of his father watching on through the caging that surrounds the boxing hall. ... As Billy lies on the ground, the boxing coach says "You're a disgrace to them gloves, your father, and the traditions of this boxing hall". ... By showing Jacky's disappointment at Billy's inability to box, we are introduced to the idea that the former has high hopes for his son to become a boxer. ... The director has helped me to understand what the film is going to be about by introducing Jacky's expectations of his son, hinting that Billy i...

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Maternal gatekeeping prevents fathers' involvement with the children which affects the relationship of the family as a whole. ... It also can either promote or discourage the involvement of fathers (Pedersen & Kilzer, 2013). ... Denise describe how she wants to be more of a traditional mother and able to have a better relationship with her son, Daniel, but also really loves being a teacher (Ranson, 2010). ... Due to work hours, the time for Denise to spend with her son, Daniel, is substantially lower than Gary. ... "Crossover" families have the mother being the breadwinner and...

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Parents either tell their sons the profession they are expected to pursue, unless it is preordained that they would take a position that their fathers presently hold. ... His mother immediately corrects him by saying, " chin up son"(scene 2). ... Keating for advice about his father. He had a passion for acting that his father disapproved of. ... It didn't matter to him what Neill wanted; his father was forcing him to live his dream, instead of his son's. ...

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Even if mothers and fathers hope that their daughters will grow up to shatter the glass ceiling in a male-dominated career or their son will be a wonderful father, who will help change diapers and clean house, they would be in a group of nonconformists if they taught this to their children, through play. Many parents do not go out and buy dolls for their sons, so they can practice parenting, as girls do, just as they wouldn't buy trucks and building blocks for their daughters. ...

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His father's identity as a miner and ex-champion boxer reverberates the fact that he holds very traditional male values. Billy experiences conflict as he is torn between his affection for dancing shown in the lyrics in the opening scene "I danced myself right out of the womb" and the expectations of his father. ... However, he later puckers the courage and enters the world of dancing, defying his father's words and society's expectations. ... Jackie is determined to forge his ideas of masculinity into his son, but later realizes he has let his preconceptions cloud his ...

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When I was young, my father was my hero. ... Somehow, over the years I've spent growing up, I've also grown farther from my father. ... This fact alone largely contributes to the void that grows between fathers and daughters and sons and mothers. ... Television not only impacts our societal values; it also has a great impact on the relationships between fathers and daughters and mothers and sons. ... As I've grown older, time has worked its magic on the lost relationship between my father and me. ...

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She loves her father and stays with his family to be near him, but she is forcibly married off to a shoemaker. ... To him having a son means he would be immortalized as his name would be carried on to other generations. Based on the interpretation provided by Al-Hibri, a Middle Eastern feminist, the need to have a son is great because it is believed that through the son the family name would be carried on in future generations. ... Usually she only is allowed to take part in the immortalization of the male ancestors of her husband through birth of a son. ... Cheryl Benard highlights how the i...

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It has been said that each person plays his or her own role in society. Many decades ago, the role of the man was that of the caretaker; he was responsible for financial matters and status of the family. The role of the woman was as the homemaker; she was responsible for affairs of the home and th...

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Wayne and his father never really had a good relationship, and Wayne viewed this transition like he was loosing his father for good. He felt like it would take away any chance of his father and him ever having a relationship. ... Roy's transition actually ends up bringing the father and son closer together, and makes Wayne a more open minded and accepting person. In my opinion, the most dramatic portrayal of gender stereotypes came from Roy's father. ... His father always wanted to have a boy to hand the farm over to, and Roy just wasn't that boy. ...

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On the other hand, Fontenrose (107) is asserting that, since the family has been reduced to father and children, the taboo against the killing of one's own mother is avoided. According to Fontenrose, the imagery of the animal single parent means that the father is the head of the family and the mother is technically placed outside the family. The father takes up a nurturing role and cares deeply about the welfare of the children. ... Cilissa strongly contend to the fact that Orestes is her son and not the son of Clytemnestra. ... This gives Orestes the room to revenge the death of his fat...

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Women become subordinate to the authority of men, which can include her father, husband, brother, or even her own son. ... Her mother of course accepted due to the authority and power of her father. ... In which showcases the attitude that even her own father has towards the opposite gender. Nujood explains "I kept hearing my father's words in my mind: one less mouth. ... Nujood at even such a young age did not understand how her father would get rid of her. ...

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Prostitution becomes a multifaceted symbol within Andrew Pham's Catfish and Mandala as it represents self-abnegation within Vietnam, past financial survival for Andrew's family, and a temporary solution for his admitted emotional limitedness. On the other hand, it signifies guilt and shame for Andre...

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She wanted to work outside with her father doing the work that she deemed important. ... This shows how the parents were more concerned with their son and that he could do no wrong. ... My father came, my mother came, my father went up the ladder talking very quietly and brought Laird down under his arm, at which my mother leaned against the ladder and began to cry. ... The narrators father instructed her to run and close the gate. ... At dinner later that night Laird told her father that she had let the horse out and her father didn't get upset, realizing she was becoming her female rol...

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Fuller's father Timothy "had hoped that his first child would be a son who could be reared in his pattern as his heir" (Wade 6). ... Fuller gave his eldest child the education normally given to a son. ... Margaret Fuller accepted her father's disciplines, teachings and strict schedules with great exuberance. ... However, she was ever vigilant to participate in her father's obsession even after his death in 1835 and soon became enraptured herself to learn all that she could. ... Thinking only that she had "failed her father in love and duty," she embraced her new role ...

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Many poorer Asian families think that having a son is more helpful than a daughter. Not only will their sons preserve the family name, but also the poor often say that men are more intelligent than women. Even many of the educated classes put higher expectations on their sons than on their daughters. ... The mother comforts children when they are hurt, gives a birthday party for the father, or does the Christmas shopping. ... The father provides income for the family, deals with financial matters, and makes the major household decisions. ...

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As a young girl, the father would be their legal guardian until they were married, when this would happen, the husband would take over that role. If the women were widowed or divorced and they had no sons, then they would go back to their original guardian, but if they did then they could be place under the guardian ship of their own son. "When a woman was married she passes guardian ship of her father into that of her husband. ... Women, to men were usually just seen as a means of producing children, more importantly a son. ...

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She would then pass on her father's inheritance to her spouse. ... She is thought of as a terrible monster, but shows she has great compassion for her son by vowing to avenge her son's death. ... Her father sent her overseas to marry a King and the king tamed her and groomed her into an ideal queen. ...

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For example, parents will reward a daughter for playing tea party with her dolls but a son would be punished. Many fathers engage in "roughhousing" with their sons, teaching them aggression is okay for their gender. A typical father would not consider doing this with his daughter, it is not considered appropriate for girls to display aggressiveness. ...

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