d.k. you speak plainly, straightforwardly of one of the greatest causes of why 'civilisation' is where it is today. The two great wars meant that for generations there just were not enough fathers to perpetuate fatherhood as a core component of society. Then seeped in the wholesale denigration of patriarchy and 'Jack the Lad' become the dominant male role model.
Thanks for your gentle male voice.
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Timely indeed and full of old but perennially relevant wisdom about
the importance of a "dad" in life. I lost my own father before I was
old enough to know him (I was five) and my step-father sadly
suffered by comparison in retrospect, perhaps because he had previously brought up a family of his own and was old enough
to be my grandfather when I was moving through my formative
years and he became a distant figure in my own life. However,
I was to become more self-reliant, so there can be a positive
side to some negative aspects experienced in growing up.

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