Paternal Authority And Societal Paternalism 1995 - 2012

Defining the 'fatherly' status and authority within a society restricting the freedom and responsibilities dependant on them in their interest through policy and practices related to historic stereotyping and stigma.
The project depicting a visual representation of a personal experience within a historic timeline depicting subject matter discussing gender, paternalism, stereotyping, stigma, identity, iconography, and discrimination.

Identity and iconography
Visualing the new identity of fatherhood within a stereotypical and stigmatic time period. Exploring role models, icons and new beginnings.
Societal Paternalism
Suffering the loss of contact due social stereotyping, stigma and discrimination within a fatherhood status. (social paternalism) Visualising the depression of losing a child and denial of a fatherhood presence within a stigmatic and social stereotyping timeline.
Stigma
Depicting the social impact supporting the denial of a fatherhood presence whilst forcing contribution unfairly within a specific time line. The rope denoting the Impact for some seeing no other way out during such hard times.
Contact
Denoting a personal success and the unacceptable time period taken to permit a fatherly presence and visitation rights within my childs life. The court order being enforced in conjunction with a penal notice to ensure contact is maintained within a stereotypical time line.
Societal stereotyping
signifying the discrimination of a single fathers presence within a social stereotypical timeline.

Resistance
Denoting the resistance to the stigmatic and social stereotyping within society. The image clearly depicting the innocence of fatherhood activities frowned upon within society.
Nurturing and Support
(Paternalism) Demonstrating fatherhood support, the ability to nurture and build trust . Exploring differential role models and understanding of a cross gender role of parenting when needed.
Gender Role Reversal
Complete gender role reversal. Visaulising the resistance to previous stereotyping of parental roles, denoting that the abilities of a single father extend beyond that of previous stigmatic society's beliefs.