As the mother of two boys, I say this article is right on. Feminism has wrought many ills, chief among them the detrimentalism of fatherhood and the objectivacation of women. Danielle ___? wrote "What our Mothers Didn't Teach Us" about how women's magazines changed from the 1970s "women need men like fish need bicycles" to today's pathetic "how to get a man, how to have sex like he likes it, etc."
Whoever coined the term, "Peter Pan man" had it exactly right. Women in the 1930s had more power (albeit a different kind) than the biggest female executive today.
Absolutely true:
not even limited to the thirties, women in the sixties and seventies could claim more real power than todays ball-busters. Why? Because the real mavericks refused to be compartmentalized and went ahead and did it, or because others recognized that managing the family was a full time and critical job.
Either way, neither they nor their offspring (male or female) were as lame as today's offerings, until the great society and sexual revolution turned 'family values' into a sit-com and make Murphy Brown a generational icon.
Not to be a Pollyanna here:
there have been lousy mothers and lousy fathers since day one. But today it is increasingly the norm, today it seems to span all socio-economic levels, sub-levels, types, ethnicities, and affiliations.