What Daddies Do As a young girl, my father would often read to me before I went to bed. I can distinctly remember the book What Daddies Do; a short rhyming tale of the different jobs that fathers customarily have. Though the book seemed to be aimed towards a male audience I found great joy when my father would read it to me. This book portrays men to be the worker of the family, implanting …showed first 75 words of 174 total…

…showed last 75 words of 174 total…that only men hold jobs in these professions children learn to associate the male species with them. Also, because none of the positions mentioned involve emotional or real person interaction, the impression that men should not show their feelings is sent to the readers. What Daddies Do does, however, teach a moral lesson to children. By showing different Daddies doing diverse jobs, the readers are taught that no one occupation is better than the other.