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Robert Knight, who studies families and same-sex parenting at Concerned Women for America, shakes his head at such a theory.
That sounds like "typical feminist ideology masquerading as social science," he said. It "really is the radical feminist dream" to say that boys raised in lesbian homes are the same as boys raised by mothers and fathers -- or that boys raised by lesbians are actually better because they're more like girls, he said.
Fathers are absolutely crucial to boys, Mr. Knight said, citing research contained in child psychologist James Dobson's 2001 book "Bringing Up Boys."
Thousands of studies assert the importance of father involvement, as well as the risks for boys and girls who grow up without their fathers, said Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI).
Children who live in single-parent homes have double the risk of physical, emotional or educational neglect, compared with children living with both parents, he said. Boys born to unmarried mothers are 2? times more likely to become incarcerated, and children who live in homes without their fathers are 32 percent more likely to smoke, drink or use drugs, according to research cited by NFI.
"The deeper, possibly unintentional, message to boys [in Mrs. Drexler's book] is that you can get as many women pregnant as you want -- no need for you to be involved, responsible and committed -- just make sure you're available for someone else's boy to be a 'male role model,'?" Mr. Warren said.
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syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher, a former single mother, says Mrs. Drexler's conclusions defy "common sense, the human heart and social science."
Single mothers "can successfully raise a son or daughter outside of marriage," she said, "but those children will be at greater risk, and they will almost certainly experience a powerful longing for their fathers."
To say otherwise, Mrs. Gallagher says, ignores the mountain of social science that says "children do best when their own father and mother are raising them in a decent marriage."