Paul of Alexandria: you said
“No one has accused single-mothers per se of being criminal, just foolish.”
Not true: single mothers are blamed for just about every societal ill going, especially FOSTERING criminality, and are terribly stigmatized compared with single fathers who are eulogized and praised to the skies for just doing their job – just google “single mothers stigma” and see what comes up.
“I will not disagree with you; however no one is pretending otherwise.”
Not true: just about everyone on this site is namecalling and acting as if there is some huge feminist plot to deprive men of their role as father, despite the fact that men have been abandoning their families (and pregnant girlfriends) ever since time began. The only difference between then and now is that currently there is a “fashion for fatherhood”, and an increasing culture of misogyny and this is a handy weapon (ever heard of WOMAN bashing?).
“Indeed, I will hold that if you look carefully, much of the criminal behavior cited above is due to lack of proper fathering by the fathers of the men involved.”
So if lack of proper fathering is the cause of much criminal behaviour, why is everyone still blaming the single mothers? Why aren’t the “mascunazis” here involved in educating themselves and their brothers on responsible fatherhod and especially in making the world a safe place to raise children instead of a violent hellhole?
“One of the most important roles of a father is to teach self-control and self-discipline to his sons; a thing that a mother has a hard time doing. (Not impossible, just difficult).”
Mothers have a hard time disciplining their sons because “society” – like many of the women bashers on this site – belittle and disparage women and teach boys not to listen to or respect them, whether they be teachers, mothers, wives or any other female.
As for the myth that fatherlessness per se is THE causal factor in juvenile delinquency:
“Studies have shown repeatedly a consistent relationship between juvenile delinquency and large family size, marital disharmony, alcohol abuse in parents and overall social deprivation. A consistent relationship has also been shown with delayed reading age, below average scores on intelligence and achievement tests, conduct disorder of childhood and parental aggressive behaviour.”
Kelly, Mary, Bernadette Mackey, and Michael Fitzgerald, A TEN-YEAR DESCRIPTIVE FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF 50 DELINQUENT BOYS, British Journal of Clinical and Social Psychiatry,April 1999, Vol. 10 (1999) , no.1http://www.scpnet.com/paper4.htm
