The only evolutionary explanation for fathers' partiality toward daughters over their sons is human's inherent fondness for everything weak and our protective instinct to preserve and protect them. This theory, however, fails when you consider that the same consideration is rarely extended to males in vulnerable moments. It wouldn't be inaccurate to even conclude that the opposite treatment is lauded in society as the proper way to raise sons...you know, the whole tough love be-a-man nonsense? In ancient societies, sons are prioritized to carry on the family name because daughters often go on to marry, and in so doing take on a different name. It was seen as the mother's job to properly rare the daughter for her future husband and the men's job to prioritize their sons as the heirs to carry on their legacy.
This is why I fail to see why, in modernity, more and more fathers are obsessed with their daughters. They either simp for their daughters or overall treat daughters better than their sons. This may not seem like a big deal but you can't overlook it as a problem once you consider its overall impact on our society as a whole. Eventually, this paternal bias bleeds into our lives...
https://www.npr.org/2014/05/28/31655...ourt-decisionsIt's been suspected that judges are swayed by their personal beliefs and affiliations. An analysis found that judges become more likely to rule in "pro-feminist" ways if the judges have daughters.
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/ms.../daughters.pdf
If this paternal bias is affecting our justice system I wonder how many more sector of the American government is affected due to biased fathers, how many laws are passed to favor women due to biased opinions of fathers with daughters?
Here is the thing though...
Have you actually listened to how girls describe their favorite qualities in their fathers? Ask a girl what she like most about her father and I guarantee you it would most likely sound like she's describing a tool, which is how they see men in general. If it isn't for the proper noun 'dad' you'd think she's talking about a utility..." I'm daddy's girl, my dad is generous, he buys me things, he bought me a car, pays for my wedding, lets me use his car, lets me use his credit card, bought a house for us, gives me money..." I've been at the earshot of girls openly bragging to their friends about how they often manipulate their fathers into giving them money, buying things for them, or doing things for them.
In short, qualities befitting a doing, which, as I said, is how women see men in general. Their fathers are nothing but walking wallets. It's rare you hear a woman, especially a young woman, alludes to her father's personhood or his humanity as quality of reverence. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to describe their fathers as either horrible or great based on who he is and their experience with them, not the appurtenance role he occupies in their lives.
Yet most men become fathers and suddenly turn into simpering idiots for their daughters. Take the legendary basketball player Shaquille O'neal's recent remarks about his children
https://people.com/parents/shaquille...ove-out-at-18/"I like my girls a little bit better," O'Neal admits. "Because as a man you have to protect, provide and love your woman."
"I trust them more because they're more sensitive, they're more caring and they're thinkers," he adds of his daughters. "You know how boys are. My boys, you bring
something in front of them and they're gone."
"I tell my boys when y'all get 18 you all got to go. Girls can stay as long as they want," he continues.
Asked if the former athlete was sincere in his response, O'Neal replies, "I'm dead serious."
"[The girls] can stay as long as y'all want, take your time. Go to college, get your master's, get your doctorate, I'll pay for it, take your time," he says.
Think of the effect such words can have on children and the way they view themselves. Hell, most men don't have to say what Shaq said, it simply shows in their actions.
Jimmy Butler...
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/m...-gq-interview/"I got to make sure that women are on the same level as men now, because that's what I'm going to teach her," Butler said. "Anything a man can do, you can do. With my blood running through your veins, we're not intimidated by anybody, no matter what color their skin is, if they're male, female, how tall they are, how fast. We don't care. You're going to be the best."
This is the same guy whose mom kicked him out on the street at 13. And what level are you referring to, Jimmy? The level of the most homeless, the most war casualties, the only war drafted gender, most divorce-raped, most falsely accused, most victims of rape, most castigated and relegated? Do you mean those second-class citizens of men?
The late George Carlin is another one who never kept his hatred for men a secret, and who more than once extolled women over men as benevolent beings. Guess the gender of his only child...
https://youtu.be/gPOfurmrjxo?t=135
Imagine if, instead of a comedian, he held a major position in American politics you're telling me men's lives wouldn't be affected by his views? I could go on bringing up examples but I needn't.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...e-feminist-dad