About this episode

The episode discusses the societal pressures and expectations placed on fathers during Father's Day.

So, every Father’s Day, presented with descriptors such as World’s Best Dad, men groan- perhaps inwardly- when compared, falsely in most cases I would imagine, to heroes... and to any number of masculine exemplars! More

People in this episode

Host: Quentin Bega

Topics covered

• Father's Day
• masculinity
• parenting
• cultural expectations
• personal reflections

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