I think what he is saying is that a child that comes from a fatherless household is more likely to act up. It's a fact that a majority of people in prison come from fatherless homes. I don't think it's a slam against women to say that fathers are important. It's hard for a women to do it all and then can never give a child a man's perspective/influence. Children need that. Too much female only perspective (they get this in school as well as most teachers are female) is part of the reason we've got so many cockamamy, liberal social programs in this country. Look at how messed up the schools are. Look at the "million" moms march. Look at Cindy Sheehan. Look at Oprah fans. Now those are bad examples of femaleness but even a good conservative example of femaleness isn't sufficient. Men are needed to balance things out.
That I completely understand. The article does not address that, unfortunately. I would hope these women would have male role models around for their children. That said, there are also (unfortunately) men who are fathers that are the worst role models imaginable. I would theorize to say that having a bad role model as a father is worse than not having one at all. But again, every single instance is different. Not all families are the same. Not all circumstances are the same.