Thanks! (I thought about using The Caveman’s Pregnancy Companion in this paper, too, but I had to narrow the field somehow, and there are just so many fantastically bad options …) I do think the gift-giving aspect of these books’ existence is worth pondering: it seems to me that they’re not really marketed toward fathers-to-be but rather toward people who would buy them for fathers-to-be as either serious or gag gifts.
And, yes, The Dudes’ Guide et al. would totally affirm that talking openly about sex and feelings and so forth means you’re a stinky little girly-man.
