Jordan Shapiro

“To be a feminist dad, you have to be willing to interrogate these taken-for-granted assumptions; and you have to be ready to reimagine your dad persona in anti-sexist ways.”

“To be a feminist dad, you need to acknowledge that it’s time to reinvent the father figure for a new era.”

“The fourth principle of becoming a feminist dad is to be rigorously inclusive.” - Amen!!

“… responsive fathering is participatory and adaptive.”

Tich Nhat Hanh writes, “To practice mindfulness of speech, sometimes we have to practice silence.”

Kate Manne wrote, “Sexism wears a lab coat; misogyny goes on witch hunts.” - (the word misogyny literally means to hate women)

And great last three lines from this book:

- “Men have privilege. There’s so much power in being a dad. Dear fathers: I implore you, please wield that power in feminist ways.” -


Lots of interesting information to digest in these pages! I loved the quotes I've posted here, and I learned quite a bit! I was given this as a gift from Gina, my daughter’s mother! Thank you! I hope that I am a “FATHER FIGURE IN PROGRESS”!

“Picard is a father figure. The whole ship’s company looks up to him.” - (referring, of course, to Captain Jean-Luc Picard in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’!)

Make it so!!!… (más)

Impressionante como Paulo Freire é venerado por profissionais da educação ao redor do mundo e desprezado no Brasil. Este autor junguiano esclarece várias questões sobre a paternidade clássica - narcisista, privilegiada para os homens e meninos, autoritária- com interpretações de passagens de várias obras do autor brasileiro. E faz repensar o que precisamos para esta geração de filhos que estão questionando (com razão) estes modelos estabelecidos de paternidade, gênero, figura de autoridade, e empatia.… (más)