[sharktrager]

I think most of the women who are confident they can bring up children on their own, at least as well as with a father, are probably quite correct. In an ideal family the father contributes a great deal, especially to keeping boys on the right track. But drunken, carousing, womanizing, in-and-out-of-jail fathers, are more trouble than they're worth, and set a horrific example for their children.

Most? Give me a break. Totally faulty logic. Most of the divorces are not because of "drunken, carousing, womanizing, in-and-out-of-jail fathers". Most are people who decide they "fell out of love". Most are "no fault", which may as well be called "no good reason".

Not to mention the wives who get divorces because they are the ones cheating, and men who leave because of problems the wife has.

The truth is that there has not been a single comprehensive study that didn't show that children in homes without fathers are more likely to have issues with drugs, alcohol, crime and suicide.

[GovernmentShrinker]

A large percentage of single parent homes, and especially black single parent homes, are not the result of divorce -- there was never any marriage to end, because the mothers saw no point in marrying these losers and/or the fathers didn't have the slightest interest in getting married.

And dig around the 'Net for stats on children of divorced/never-married single parent homes vs. children of death-of-a-parent single parent homes. The stats are not similar.

[TheCrusader]

"Most are people who decide they "fell out of love". Most are "no fault", which may as well be called "no good reason". Not to mention the wives who get divorces because they are the ones cheating, and men who leave because of problems the wife has. The truth is that there has not been a single comprehensive study that didn't show that children in homes without fathers are more likely to have issues with drugs, alcohol, crime and suicide."

This is the truth, but it will be met with a lot of resistence by the feminists, and by women living in guilt who need to rationalize in order to live with themselves.