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"the paternal function is essentially the interruption of an exclusive mother-child bond" So pretty much, fathers are just a nuisance.

CWBECK

May 25, 2016

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Title	"the paternal function is essentially the interruption of an exclusive mother-child bond" So pretty much, fathers are just a nuisance.
Author	CWBECK
Upvotes	14
Comments	28
Date	May 25, 2016 12:57 AM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/4kx4a3/the_paternal_function_is_essentially_the/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/the-paternal-function-is-essentially-the.948889 https://theredarchive.com/post/948889

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(i.e., the guy who provided the other half of the kid's DNA)

True.

nor for the necessity of fathers having any actual right to assume the parental role.

If you mean the article doesn't state that the biological father has a right to this role - you are correct.

However, I don't think that this chunk is really talking about fathers (or mothers) much at all, it's simply saying that the mother-child bond needs to be limited for the child to be healthy and the male parental role serves the function of limiting the mother-child bond.

I would read it more as a discussion of a proposed mechanism of child development than as any sort of comment on the mother or father.

In fact, having written that, I believe that is exactly what this chunk is, it's an excerpt from some text on child development and is discussing psychological development of the child. It's not making any sort of value statement about mothers, fathers, parenting, biology or anything else.

It should be viewed as a dry proposal of what someone believes the psychological mechanism is that creates mentally healthy children.

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