The book Divorced Dads, Shattering the Myths explores popular stereotypes about divorced fathers and finds them diametrically opposed to the empirical evidence.
Divorced dads are deadbeat dads.
Divorced dads are runaway dads. Divorced fathers impoverish their former wives and children. Divorce settlements tilt unfairly in favor of divorced fathers. Fathers initiate most of the family breakup, abandoning their families and their responsibilities. More than twice as many mothers initiate the termination of the marriage as fathers.