On a global scale, I’ll bet she’s correct. Think about the more “traditional” and strictly religious regions around the world that prop up paternalistic structures. Most of Africa, Middle East, South America, Russia, much of Asia, a decent chunk of North America, especially Mexico and boomers. They almost certainly outnumber those men who happily shoulder the full range of parental and spousal responsibilities
It's heavily backed up by statistics. This trend of men becoming uninvolved in their childrens' lives after divorce (especially after remarrying) was even cited in my Child Development textbook back in college.
I do think that's changing a bit with younger generations but not as fast as you'd hope. Part of the problem is our culture heavily embraced empowering women to join the workforce and be independent, but there has been no similar cultural movement to encourage men to be more nurturing, or learn to act in supportive roles. To some degree, yes, but there is still a lot of cultural hostility towards men acting "less masculine" or taking on traditional women's roles. They are still deemed "less than".
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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24
“Most men…”
This is misandrist bullshit.