Dr. Zoidsquoo
So, does this trope apply to overprotectiveness in general, or specifically in regard to dating? Because the description seems to be pointing toward the latter, but the "Basic Trope" as described on the Playing With page and some of the examples suggest the former.
Edited by drzoidsquoo I am not a squid.
This should be an alternative title called "Overprotective Mom"! are you people sexist of something??!!!!!!
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This thread is so dumb I legitimately don't know if it's parody or not.
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Any entry in the vein of "every dad ever" is factually wrong, and qualifying it with "almost" just seems... weasel-y. The truth is that it's not a ubiquitous thing, or it wouldn't even need to be a trope, much less called Overprotective Dad. My own grandfather and uncle had two daughters each (one of which is my mother) and cleanly averted this trope. (I admit I have no children of my own.) At the very least, a claim that every dad is an Overprotective Dad smacks of cultural myopia. I have removed the "every dad" example, and I'd like to see some evidence or at least decent reasoning if it is to be brought back.
Am I the only one who think their is a great potential deconstruction of this trope. If you have 2 kids a boy and a girl but thy father is over protective of the girl you could have the son turn out to despise both his father and his sister for believing she is the favorite. You can add as much drama to that as possible.
Am I the only one who think their is a great potential deconstruction of this trope. If you have 2 kids a boy and a girl but thy father is over protective of the girl you could have the son turn out to despise both his father and his sister for believing she is the favorite. You can add as much drama to that as possible.
The Eight Simple Rules to dating my Daughter link goes to a 404, anyone got a different link?
Who says it's "okay"? The very word used to describe it (Overprotective) implies that it's not a good thing.
Well some people find it okay. I'm just pointing out a double standard...what I said doesnt make it true, it's just that overprotective dads are less likely to become scrappies in the fan base while the mothers are more likely to.
Another theory. Daughter looks like her mother did at that age. Dad has seen her mother naked at that age. Automatic squick occurs when his brain even hints at figuring this out and the daughter of banned from all boys until his brain can at least consider the daughter to not be a child as considering her to be a child increases the preemptive quick. The other main theory is having experienced or at least knowing tropes involving teenage boys any thoughts concerning the boy's intentions require copious amounts of brain bleach and being overprotective requires less brain bleach than when she actually has a boyfriend.
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It's simple really: parents are programed to protect their children. Fathers feel the violent/threatening part of that obligation more so than mothers. Plus, daughters are more at risk (at least so society tells parents) from teen-pregnancies, exploitation by a more mature partner, predators, date-rape, finding themselves in a nasty part of town while looking like an easy target. = Overprotective dad. As for why you never see a fictional father reacting like this to a sons girlfriend- imagine a middle aged guy threatening/intimidating a 15 year old girl. Yeah.
When did fathers become more concerned about the women their sons date? I've heard of individual examples of that, of course, but I've never heard of it being a Thing. It's not that long ago that Eight Simple Rules was the entire premise of a show!
Potential additional page quote;
"If you have a son, you only have to worry about one swinging dick. But when you have a daughter, then you have to worry about every swinging dick in town."
Something my maternal grandfather told me, though I'm sure he got it from somewhere else.
Per TRS
, this was renamed from Overprotective Dad.
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