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The fatherless woman can adopt these fears due to the difficulty, trauma, or other pain created by the absence of her father. Furthermore, an absent father can leave a woman feeling abandoned, "not good enough," bereaved, and uncertain about what it means to be committed and received versus disloyal or rejected. [ 24 ]
She notes his comment that his longest relationships tended to be with fatherless women. Bloom believes this not to be a coincidence as such women "gravitate towards emotionally unavailable men". She concludes "Notwithstanding our own professional achievements, there were undeveloped dark regions in us both that proved to be insurmountable ...
Orphans by Thomas Kennington, oil on canvas, 1885. An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless".
The Company of Women (1981) is a novel by American author Mary Gordon. It is a coming-of-age story that details the sheltered upbringing of a well-educated Catholic girl named Felicitas, and how her values are challenged and altered by the turbulence of the 1960s protest movement. The book earned Gordon a second Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.
An investigative report, commissioned by the Danish government, was released in 2011. Three years later, legally fatherless children were awarded the right to sue for paternity and inherit property from their fathers. As of 2023, legal proceedings by some legally fatherless against the Danish state have begun.
Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family is a book by the British sociologist Dennis Marsden based on a study with the same name in 1955–1966. The aim of the study is to learn more about the lives of mothers living alone, whether they are unmarried, separated, divorced, or widowed.
Lily Pincus (née Lazarus, 13 March 1898 – 22 October 1981) was a German-British social worker, marital psychotherapist and author.She was a co-founder of the Family Discussion Bureau, which is now part of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, [1] and became a leading writer on marital stability and bereavement.
The Fatherless (German: Die Vaterlosen) is a 2011 Austrian drama film written and directed by Marie Kreutzer. [1] It is Kreutzer's debut film [ 2 ] and it won a Special Mention at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival .