ABSTRACT
For men, the family is a realm in which they can expose their ‘weaknesses’, in which they may embrace without shame the values traditionally associated with women. By relating with women in families, men try to reclaim wholeness. Second, the family is a realm in which men can be bosses. In their families men can express competitive values and other values traditionally considered masculine. Men may be compensated in the family for their failures in the marketplace. The home is a haven for men.1
