Meaning of father hunger | Babel Free

Definitions

The longing felt by (especially young) men for approbation from a father, or father figure.

uncountable

Examples

“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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