Lightning Rod

                        I must begin by stealing from William Wordsworth (1777 - 1850) his "Child is father to the man" line from "My Heart Leaps Up" aka "The Rainbow" . {{{ "When you steal, steal from the Best" -- Woody Allen}}} .    Modern times inculcated this : "The apple does not fall far from the tree."    We must agree that ANY 'discussion' of Manhood is dependent upon the `life and times` of BOTH Parents but for our purposes in THIS discussion, only the Father is featured .    Elsewhere I have echoed-choed-oed , the Science of Psychology which supplied this :   A boy learns how to conduct himself with women  from his father .   In this 'way' so it is with all the other characteristics, traits and deportments* which give rise to the earliest Male Identity and its concomitant abilities .   HOW {by what means} you were raised is significant given this Known*  :   "Spare the rod, spoil the child ."   In my case it was the steel wire handle of the fly swatter on my bare buttocks and Ivory soap in the mouth >>>  my mother cooda-been a Nun .   My father only hit me once, sending me sprawling across the kitchen floor .   Trust me when I write you , I had nightmares as a kid .