Male/Female Roles
Male/Female Roles | Fathers Are Not Essential
In the following viewpoint Louise B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach argue that fathers may not be necessary to a child’s well-being. They contend that children need stable, loving role models, and two parents are better than one, but they maintain that families do not have to adhere to the traditional father-plus-mother model for children to have positive outcomes. Silverstein and Auerbach challenge the neoconservative essentialist paradigm that asserts that men and women are biologically and culturally geared toward specific parental roles. They conclude that parenting duties are...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Women Should Be Encouraged to Be Stay-at-Home Mothers
- Women Should Not Be Encouraged to Be Stay-at-Home Mothers
- Early Marriage May Be the Best Choice for Women
- Early Marriage May Not Be the Best Choice for Women
- Women Should Reject Feminism
- Women Should Embrace Feminism
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Traditional Marriage Roles Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Egalitarian Marriage Roles Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- A Return to Modesty Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Arguments for a Return to Modesty Are Flawed
- Ending Male Bashing Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Ending Woman Bashing Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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