
Although not always in practice, she is a theoretical feminist and can get quite upset if someone suggests that the sexes have certain roles...not considering the biological ones of course.
Last week, by suggestion of one of her mum-friends, she bought a book by one of the greatest italian neuro-psichiatrist of infancy, Bollea, hoping to learn a trick or two to shape me into a good person. Well, the author was born in 1913, and times have changed since he was at his best, but she didn't expect a such an old-fashioned and male chauvinistic book. My mum says that if she substitutes the words father and mother with parents then she doesn't dislike the book, but I could see smoke coming out of her nostrils when she read some of the chapters of the book.
I'll give you some examples:
It may seem a paradox, but fathers normally play better with their children than the mother. In fact, they normally play with them in their spare time, whereas the mothers can only play with them between their housekeeping duties: and this is a fundamental difference. Therefore, I invite the mothers to let the children help them with the housekeeping...
Wouldn't it have been nicer to invite the fathers to help (as if it wasn't as much their role) with the housekeeping, so that the mums had some spare time to dedicate to play with their children?
Another example:
It is important for children to take part in some sport activity. They can choose the sport of their father, other relatives , or friends.
And what about the sport of the mother?
...for this reason it is better that the child looks at the school as a part of the paternal sphere, so that the mother can remain the person with whom they can share their delusions and frustrations, asking her for help...
For your information Dr. Bollea, my mum prefers playing with me than having her linen ironed and the house spot-free, I might choose to take part in one of the many sports-activities that my mum used to participate in, and maybe my mum will even help me with things at school and not just remain a chest to recieve all my lamental. And maybe my dad will let me help him clean the house or will listen to my frustration about school...!

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