The Laqueur article brought into question many ideas about parenthood that Western society ften views as fact. For example, the concept of a mother's bond with her child being stronger than that of the father. He points out that even while this may be true, it is only so because of the labor the mother has to go through in order to give birth to a child. Additionally, he seems indignant that there is no recorded "history of fatherhood" and that there is no male equivalent of feminism to "spur the study of men." I take issue with this stance because as he even admits, men are those who have been responsible for the recording of history for so long. Therefore, if this is a complaint against women for stealing the historical spotlight from men, then it is completely out of place. Likewise, the complaint that women's bond with children is seen as stronger than a father's bond is also misappropriated because in both of these cases, the power to change this historical phenomenon is in the hands of men themselves.