In so doing, she reveals the link between the idealization of little girls and a widespread fantasy of male development - a myth suggesting that men become masculine only after an initial feminine stage, lived out in the protective environment of the nursery. Little girls, argues Robson, thus offer an adult male the best opportunity to reconnect with his own lost self.".

Sir Roger Newdigate was the son of Sir Richard Newdigate and Elizabeth Twisden. His second wife was Hester Margaretta Mundy, daughter of Edward Mundy of Allestree in Derbyshire and Hester Miller.