Paternism: Fatherly Protection In Exchange For Loyalty And Reliance

Sociology is all about society and how we as humans interact with one another in our environment. Every person is different, and every person comes from different backgrounds, and the different environments and the different ways people are raised pretty much determines how their life will turn out. Social forces that have shaped my life are family, education, gender, and the media,

Writer Bly, talks about during his generation, paternal society, being uniformity and how they “had an elaborate and internally consistent form” (250) during paternal society, kids learned how to talk to the adults, to be respectful and responsible at school yet, they still asked for their authority when to make decisions. He says hundred years ago men and women in photograph express in a way “We’re adults. There’s nothing we can do about it.” (250)

Family is the first contact an infant experiences and the environment child is raised determines their behaviors and social development. Father figures just like mother figures are important in raising and socializing children in becoming responsible people as they grow. Numerous researches to determine importance of fathers in early child development have been carried out and majority of them found out that just like mothers, the role fathers play in early childhood development including mental, psychological and physical development are crucial. The studies show that, children raised by single mothers are likely to have problems such as drug abuse, engagement in early sexual behaviors and other unsocial behaviors as compared to those raised by both parents. The paper will explore the role of fathers in child rearing, discussing strategies in raising children and exploring pros and cons of such strategies.

Paternalism is the belief that someone knows 'better' than the individual him or herself what is the right way for that individual to live. For example, for centuries, many men had paternalistic attitudes about middle-class women, deeming it unseemly for women to work. Paternalism was used by self-interested whites to justify enslaving African-Americans for 'their own good,' or to colonize non-white people to 'carry the white man's burden.'

In chapter 10 of Brave New World we see the mentality of fatherhood in Brave New World vs. the reservations view. It is a contrast view from one another. When John finally meets Tomakin or the director for the first time we see him fall at his feet in a full room of Alpha-Plus. The act in itself shows us the reverence that John had towards his father. When he was in the reservation he dreamed of having a father figure, someone who would show him the way of life, but instead he was seen as an outcast. The only father figured he ever knew was the old Mitisma. He showed John how to work the clay and later showed him how to make the bow. Mitisma gave John hope, and a small glimpse of what a father does. He expected when he met Tomakin something

Family needs have changed since the 1950s and women's work in the ideal nuclear family has been historically constructed and reproduced by culture and patriarchal heteronormative society. An ideal nuclear family is a group consisting of two parents and their children. This family includes both sexes, who maintain a sexual relationship and one or more children. Within this family, everyone had roles; the father worked whereas the mother maintained the household and cared for the offspring. The children were to model and study their parents to become them, so they could later take their place in society when the parents are too old to perform their duties. The nuclear family is no longer the American dream and soon society began to notice that many Americans were not living the ideal nuclear lifestyle. With the world adjusting and adapting there are new definitions for what consists of a family. We are shifting from a heteronormative society to an inclusive society.

Paternalism is in place to look out for and enforce what is in our best interest, whether they are choices we would or would not make. If decisions we make now are likely to be regretted in the future and are more likely to be irreversible, paternalistic intervention is there to step in and aid the decision. For example, someone chooses to drop out of school at a young age. That person will eventually regret this decision because they will find it hard to get a job with limited education, and also find it virtually impossible to put themselves back through school with limited funds to do so. This situation is a justified situation for paternalism to step in. Paternalism is mainly used in large decisions in people’s lives, decisions that involve high stakes. The advantages of having paternalism in place is that in the long run, with paternalistic intervention, our decisions will be better made. Paternalism is used by officials when make public policy. They look at your surface preferences and judge them on a standard of deeper preferences when configuring limitations and freedoms. There are, however, four types of preferences that prevent paternalistic intervention. They are relevant, settled, preferred, and your own preferences. As

The video/ article was called "Breaking The Cycle of Absentee Father". The video is about a nonprofit organization for African American males so that they can be better father figures for their children. The man who started this is named Sheldon Smith. He created this organization because he wants to bring up the low percentage of father figures in Chicago. This organization works by having meetings and helping these men become better fathers through talking about problems and how they can fix them

“Breaking the cycle of [absent] fathers” is about a man named Sheldon Smith from Chicago that started a program for fathers, and it gives them the skills to be “positive role models and responsible parents.” This article was from CNN News and was published on April 27, 2016.

Though they aim to cover the same content, the differences between an academic article and the popular press article written about it can include drastic differences.Sometimes, the difference is so drastic, the information found in the popular press article cannot be deemed credible because it leaves out a drastic amount of information that is included in the scientific article. In one case, the scientific article The Role of Boomerang Fathers in Adolescent Female Depression includes enough information for it to be deemed credible, where the popular press article written in summary of it, Even Sometimes Dads Confer Big Time Benefits on Kids, lacks the necessary information needed for it to be deemed credible. Both articles share the same claim, concluding that present fathers, even if only a litte, lead to a lower rate of depression symptoms in female adolescents when compared to fathers that are not present at all. While the overall claim is the same in both, the scientific article includes additional findings stating that biological parents that are also boomerang parents have a higher chance of being single when the child is born and concludes that boomerang parenting may be due

Urban Dictionary defines ‘daddy issues’ as, “Whenever a female has a [messed] up relationship with her father, or absence of a father figure during her childhood, it tends to spill into any adult relationship they embark on, usually to the chagrin of any poor male in their life,” (Urban Dictionary). This definition has been quoted and reused over 30 times on other websites and articles. While this may not be a professional definition, it shows it comes from a term called “father complex” used to describes the effects that occur when a person has a elephant relationship with their father (Holden par. ). It displays how society has acknowledged in the slightest way that a bad or non existent relationship with the father can come with long term consequences to the women. The effects of an absent father on a adolescent daughter can be physical, social and emotional.

Relationships between fathers and stepfathers can vary in many ways. In the movie, “Daddy’s Home”, it shows a great example of the relationship between the biological father and the stepfather. In the film it clearly demonstrates four conceptual categories as mentioned in the article, “Managing the Multifather Family:Stepfathers as Father Allies”, which were, development, purpose, awareness level, and reciprocity routines. Development is how the father and the stepfather learned about each other. It was either prior to the stepfather dating the birth mother or while dating.

Paternal involvement is impacted by culture and gender norms. The gender and cultural norms in male parents is portrayed through the behaviors they show. Gender stereotypes are different depending on the culture. The Hispanic cultures carry many gender stereotypes and bias, especially with parenting. The Hispanic parenting styles are based on power and sexism, mostly for male parents. The majority of Hispanic fathers perform Machismo. “Machismo is a Spanish word meaning strong and assertive masculinity and implying complete male authority” (Brannon, L., 2002). Hispanic males are affecting children with their masculine and dominance behaviors. A child who is raised by a father who believes in Machismo can be morally and psychologically affected. Over the years observational theories have been showing how much of an impact observations have on children. Children behave and act based on what it is taught to them by their parents. Parents are the children’s first teachers, especially during the children’s critical period of learning. Machismo can seem positively by some but machismo portrays sexism, hyper masculinity and aggressive attitudes. Machismo will only have a negative impact on children’s psychological development.

Loyalty is one of the simplest moral traits to understand. Either someone is loyal, or they are disloyal—there are not many shades of grey in between. For this reason, loyalty is one of the most desired traits in our friends, family, and partners we have in our lives. Loyalty weaves hidden bonds among people that in some cases can never be broken. Such is the case of Pak Chesang, devoted servant of Nulji, 19th king of the Korean kingdom of Silla.

As a child, I did not believe that women had women has any power at all. I am not sure where I got this idea from because that is not what I was taught by my parents. I also saw that power was distributed in levels. The way I saw things, the man had the highest amount of power, then the woman had a bit of power, and the children had not power. Depending on the situation my father had a final say on decisions. It is hard to pinpoint who made the final decision at all times because every situation is different. Power was demonstrated in my household by yelling. The person who was doing the yelling became the person in power. If my mother was angry enough, she would slap or pinch us. If my father got very angry eh would say something hurtful and/or call us a name. He never was physical with us.