I don’t necessarily think that fathers/men are allowed to be childish in some way. I think there was a trend towards highlighting women and mothers who could “have it all” and in many cases it was seen as in spite of their husbands.
The obvious examples of this in culture are Homer Simpson, Al Bundy and it goes back at least as far as Archie Bunker. These were seen as the model of masculinity in family dynamics or perhaps a critique of the traditional male role model. That it was outdated to view men in good roles.
As a result, women were offered as the alternative. The ideal female role model and who had sons who, in some aspects, respected women and looked up to women. Which was obviously a good thing. But it created a problem for how the family dynamics should work.
I don’t necessarily think that fathers/men are allowed to be childish in some way. I think there was a trend towards highlighting women and mothers who could “have it all” and in many cases it was seen as in spite of their husbands.
The obvious examples of this in culture are Homer Simpson, Al Bundy and it goes back at least as far as Archie Bunker. These were seen as the model of masculinity in family dynamics or perhaps a critique of the traditional male role model. That it was outdated to view men in good roles.
As a result, women were offered as the alternative. The ideal female role model and who had sons who, in some aspects, respected women and looked up to women. Which was obviously a good thing. But it created a problem for how the family dynamics should work.