However patriarchal the world, at home the child knows that his mother is the source of all power. The hand that rocks the cradlerules his world.... The son never forgets that he owes his life to his mother, not just the creation of it but the maintenance of it, and that he owes her a debt he cannot conceivably repay, but which she may call in at any time.


Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity (ed. Penguin, 1994) - ISBN: 9780399518836

Frank Pittman Quotes

However patriarchal the world, at home the child knows that his mother is the source of all power. The hand that rocks the cradlerules his world.......

However patriarchal the world, at home the child knows that his mother is the source of all power. The hand that rocks the cradlerules his world.......

However patriarchal the world, at home the child knows that his mother is the source of all power. The hand that rocks the cradlerules his world.......

However patriarchal the world, at home the child knows that his mother is the source of all power. The hand that rocks the cradlerules his world.......