Sir, – I confess to having avoided Kate Holmquist's articles on the men's identity crisis ("Men overboard" series, Weekend Review, October 5th & Life, Octorber 7th), but the headline did prompt me to vaguely consider how my son's parenting role differs from my father's role in my own life.
Later in the week, when I was called upon to hunt, capture and dispose of a spider, I realised that so long as there are spiders there will be a need for the traditional male attributes. – Yours, etc,
TOM FARRELL,
Hawthorn Park,
Swords, Co Dublin.
