By the way, my father did tease me a lot and so did my brothers, my grandfather, cousins, etc. and I enjoyed it. I also teased them right back. It still wasn't the same as the "locker room" teasing guys do but that's between guys. The important part about teasing is to be aware of the other persons reactions. Another good check is to think - do they tease me back in the same manner? If not, you might want to rethink how you're teasing.
Good points. In spite of my childhood issues with my father we do tease each other in appropriate ways and I honestly enjoy these exchanges. We are very much alike, personality wise.
The idea of a strong mother being able to balance out inappropriate comments and innuendo from the father doesn't seem possible to me. I don't have experience here but I just don't see how that's possible. The point is that the girl's interaction with her male role model is not appropriate and confuses her sexual development. How can the mother ultimately affect that? I would agree that she can potentially minimize the effect but balance it doesn't seem possible.
Right again. If the mother heard the father make the comment (the first comment ever) and she stepped in and defended the daughter and then got the father alone and told him she'd smack him upside the head if he ever did it again (well OK not "smack", but told him very strongly that she would not tolerate that behavior) and then talked about it with the daughter afterwards and tried to do damage control, then the mother MIGHT be able to "balance out" the father's behavior. However, the likelihood that it would play out this way is extremely low IMO.
