"THE ROLE OF THE FATHER FIGURE IN SHAPING GIRLS' BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS FROM ANCIENT ROME TO THE PRESENT"

This interdisciplinary paper traces the evolution of the father figure's role in shaping girls' behavioral patterns from Ancient Rome and the Hellenistic period to modern times. It integrates historical, cultural, and psychological perspectives to analyze fathers' influence on daughters' self-perception, gender roles, autonomy, and relationships. Emphasis is on the effects of paternal absence or dysfunction, such as manipulative behaviors, relational instability, non-heteronormative orientations, androphobia, narcissism, and materialism, using ancient myths and attachment theory for context.