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Shylock is not Heartless: The Function of Separation in Men's Emotional Development
Author(s) -
Sedgman Keith
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1998.tb00328.x
Subject(s) - metaphor , function (biology) , psychology , advertising , point (geometry) , business , philosophy , theology , biology , geometry , mathematics , evolutionary biology
‘Shylock is not Heartless’ uses poetry, film and the popular press to illustrate men's adherence to the traditional male tasks of protector and provider. Some men shift from protector and provider to the negative equivalent, controller and possessor, at the crisis point of separation. For others, separation provides the impetus for a journey inward toward self. The metaphor of the Iceberg and the Ocean has been found useful in helping some men observe the differences between them and their female partners.