father hunger
nounDefinitions
The longing felt by (especially young) men for approbation from a father, or father…
The longing felt by (especially young) men for approbation from a father, or father figure.
- Father hunger appears to be a crucial motivational variable in matters as diverse as caretaking, sexual orientation, moral development, and achievement level.
- Father hunger is the deep, but often unconscious, longing young men, and even older men, have for affirmation from male authority figures.
- Bill Clinton, like many presidents, may have had what men's movement activist Robert Bly has called “father hunger.”
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for father hunger. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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