Dear Girl Dads: You Can Protect Your Daughters Without Terrifying Their Boyfriends
Briefly

Professor Neil Shyminksy critiques the ubiquitous trope of fathers being overprotective to the point of toxicity, highlighting dangers of intimidation in father-daughter relationships.
He questions, 'What now?' when a father expresses anxiety about losing his daughter to a boyfriend, pointing out discomforting implications of such sentiments.
Shyminksy states his disbelief at a 13-year-old being 'terrified' of a father, saying, 'You want a 13-year-old to be terrified of you?'
In challenging the notion of intimidation, he emphasizes that promoting muscle as a power play over young relationships is misguided and unhealthy.
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