ABSTRACT
Women’s Work ‘I’ve got the children to tend The clothes to mend The floor to mop The food to shop Then the chicken to fry The baby to dry I’ve got company to feed • • • Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (1992)
… for most American boys, manhood is achieved through a series of informal tests. By not crying or associating with girls, by being strong, tough, good at sports, and willing to fight, boys prove to their peers - and often to their parents, especially fathers - that they are real men.
Myriam Miedzian (1992, p. 87)D.H. Lawrence on how to bring up children;
(in the case of a girl) Let her learn the domestic arts in their perfection. Let us even artificially set her to spin and weave, (in the case of boys) First and foremost establish a rule over them, a proud, harsh, manly rule. Make them know that every moment they are in the shade of a proud, strong, adult authority. Let them be soldiers. (Lawrence’s italics)
