But Are the Kids Really All Right? Egalitarian Rhetoric, Legal Theory and Fathers

Katherine Young (katherine.young@mcgill.ca)
McGill University
Paul Nathanson (paul.nathanson@mcgill.ca)
McGill University

Abstract

The underlying but disguised premise of a widely acclaimed recent movie, The Kids Are All Right, is that children do not need fathers. Because fatherhood is the only remaining source of masculine identity, however, this premise damages not only children (especially boys) and men but also, by implication, society as a whole.

Author Biographies

Katherine K. Young, PhD, is Professor Emerita at the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Paul Nathanson, PhD, is researcher at the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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