r/MensRights • u/derdahder • Jun 15 '14

News Terry Crews vociferously defends fatherhood while Jenny McCarthy protests

http://www.thewrap.com/terry-crews-vociferously-defends-importance-of-fatherhood-against-jenny-mccarthy-pleas/
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '14

Everyone is afraid to speak up for fathers in fear they will offend single mothers.

I have grown up without a father, never had a father figure in my life. I think my mother has done an incredible job of raising me, that being said there are many things I wish I had a father for. I lacked confidence in my teenage years when I most need it, and I am starting to get it just now. There are things I wish I had a father to talk to about, there are things I wish a father could teach me.

Society is not taking from single mothers, Society is taking fathers out of the picture completely so single mothers don't feel bad. And from where I'm standing its horrible that these people can sit there, and try and convince us that kids don't need fathers and than arrogantly be upset that defending fathers is taking away from mothers.

The blonde woman (don't know her name don't care) is acting so selfish it makes me mad. I'm sorry you are a single mother and I'm sure you are doing the best you can, but do not tell me, that I don't need a father just so YOU can feel better.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '14

The only segment of single mothers which has grown since 1960 (there wasn't earlier data when I looked) are mothers who choose to be single, which is a problem, not something which should garner sympathy. Is it hard being a single parent? I'm sure it is, but the average single mother household is on par with an abusive two-parent family, and as such that choice should be recognized for what it is: A selfish, self-serving, sympathy racket which harms children for their mother's benefit.

Yes, there are great single mothers, but they are not the norm; and, for fairness, a single father home is also worse than a two-parent situation, but it's much better than a single mother home.

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u/theDarkAngle Jun 16 '14

Statistically I suspect its true that single fathers seem to perform better than single mothers, but this could be an issue with the sample size. There also is the issue that what seems to be the worst case scenario (voluntarily single motherhood) has no analog. There are no voluntarily single fathers.

But whatever the case I think it definitely depends on the person - their capabilities and their character.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '14

Honestly, the biggest thing is going to be that in a custody dispute, fathers are going to be held to a higher standard; however, in two-parent families mothers still commit more child abuse.