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| − | A '''father''' is defined as a [[male]] [[parent]] of any type of offspring.[1] The adjective "paternal" refers to father, parallel to "maternal" for [[mother]].
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| − | ==Father-child relationship==
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| − | The Father-child [[relationship]] is the defining [[factor]] of the fatherhood role.[2][3] The majority of Fathers are naturally protective and supportive responsible [[parents]] who are able to en[[gender]] a number of significant benefits for themselves, their communities, and most importantly, their children.[4] Involved fathers offer developmentally specific provisions to their sons and daughters throughout the life cycle and are impacted themselves by their doing so.[5] Active father figures have a key role to play in reducing [[behavior]] problems in boys and [[psychological]] problems in young women.[6] For example, children who [[experience]] significant father involvement tend to exhibit higher scores on assessments of [[cognitive]] development, enhanced social skills and fewer [[behavior]] problems.[7][8][9] An increased amount of father-child involvement has also proven to increase a child's social stability, [[educational]] achievement, and even their potential to have a solid [[marriage]] as an adult. The children are also more curious about the world around them and develop greater problem solving skills.[10] Children who were raised without fathers perceive themselves to be less cognitively and [[physical]]ly competent than their peers from father-present families.[11] Mothers raising children without fathers reported more severe disputes with their child. Sons raised without fathers showed more feminine but no less masculine characteristics of [[gender]] role [[behavior]].[12]
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| − | According to the anthropologist Maurice Godelier, the parental role assumed by [[human]] [[males]] is a critical [[difference]] between [[human]] society and that of humans' closest [[biological]] relatives - chimpanzees and bonobos - who appear to be unaware of their "father" connection.[13][14]
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| − | ==Authority figure==
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| − | The father is often seen as an [[authority]] figure.[15][16][17][18] According to [[Deleuze]], the father authority exercises repression over [[sexual]] [[desire]].[19] A common observation among scholars is that the authority of the father and of the [[political]] leader are closely intertwined, that there is a [[symbolic]] identification between [[home|domestic]] authority and national political [[leadership]].[20] In this sense, links have been shown between the [[concepts]] of "patriarchal", "paternalistic", "[[cult]] of [[personality]]", "[[fascist]]", "[[totalitarian]]", "imperial".[20] The fundamental common grounds between domestic and national authority, are the [[mechanisms]] of naming (exercise the authority in someone's name) and identification.[20] In a patriarchal society, authority typically uses such [[rhetoric]] of fatherhood and [[family]] to implement their rule and advocate its legitimacy.[21]
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