In a major portion of the literature, mothers are blamed - because they went out to work, or were ill in hospital, or allowed themselves to become fat and unattractive, or were cold and unloving.
And the characters are pretty awful.
What's not to like about it? Illustration: Clive Offley The imbalance of power between men and women means that it is overwhelmingly men who commit rape, whose uncontrolled expression of sexual urges is expected, forgiven or condoned to an extent that could never occur in a world where women and men shared equal rights.
Not that a father should have no power - a powerless parent cannot protect his child as he should.