Yes, I would lose the "paternal/maternal" label/reference, but M. J Boone is otherwise spot-on. You, M. Karen, are just as eloquent, imo (although some will not understand that you mean "human" when you write "men," and it would sound so less eloquent if you had used the former!), in describing the vicious cycle from which we Classical Liberals (i.e. Capitalists, despite its continued mis-attribution even here, in this otherwise wisdom filled forum) forever desire and deserve exit.