Because lefties, especially feminists, kept telling us that fathers either “don’t matter” - or are “authoritarian” and kids are better off without them.
The exact opposite of the truth...
Welfare recipients are rewarded for having kids without a father, more money for each one.
As a public school teacher for 33 years - I could tell which kids had a father in the home and which kids didn’t. The ones who didn’t were often wild, out of control and wouldn’t take direction. They often got in trouble not only at school, but with the law. A beleaguered single mother would come down to the school, who had no control over the child as well, telling us she “didn’t know what to do.”
This explains single motherhood among rich, college educated feminists, but these account for a tiny fraction of single mothers. Feminist noise-makers on college campuses often opt out of being mothers of any kind, single or not.
The overwhelming majority of single mothers are ghetto types who don't even know what feminism is. They're single mothers because A. they lack self-control in who they have sex with and the foresight to use birth control and B. they know that the more children they have a single mothers, the more welfare benefits they can collect.
Yes, and the welfare system fosters fatherless homes, or live-in BF's that can be transitory, overall lack of stability and parents who pass on Godly good character. Post-Christian country.