The growth of mommies n partners as a family substitute is being attributed to two cultural trends. And the other is the more relaxed attitudes toward unwed mothers. I m almost hysterical. As a mother of sons, I m wondering whether my boys will ever find a woman willing to marry and raise a family. Today, young women suffer Contempt for Commitment.
Women come equipped with all the heavy machinery, after all.
To the modern maternal mind, a man s contribution is equivalent to a few drops of oil. Oh, the occasional superfeminist might concede that children need a father figure, but few see the superior value of a wedded family over a partnering arrangement. Divorce, after all, is almost inevitable. Don t laugh. In a world in which women devalue men and fathers, in which women hold the high cards in divorce and family-making decisions, it may have been inevitable that men would begin guarding their bodies and that which is uniquely their own.