THE "MATERNAL IMAGE" OF FAMILY LIFE?: From the Boston Globe

[This article is a real mixed bag; the one thing that stood out for me was this paragraph. Sort of reminded me of Camassia's post on the "feminization of love." --Eve]

Still, the reality of being a good father often poses more of a challenge for these young men than they expect, often in ways that Bly himself might have explained. "One of the central problems is that the image that men have of immersing themselves in families is a very maternal one," says Mark O'Connell, a Boston-based psychologist and the author of the recent book "The Good Father: On Men, Masculinity, and Life in the Family" (Scribner). "They are trying to follow something that isn't altogether authentic and reflective of the different strengths that men bring to the table."

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