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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When children ceased being virtually inevitable due to birth control, many (not all) men started to deeply believe, probably in ways they cannot fully articulate, that children should be women's problems at the end of the day, including the very basic, traditionally masculine role of providing for them.  Children are optional and when couples "opt" for them and the couple part doesn't work out, many men believe that the mother should bear the brunt.

I once took a class from an economics professor who did research on economics within family life.  He did some study that demonstrated that men support whoever they are currently sleeping with and her children to an extent equal or greater than their own biological offspring.  In other words, at least financially, they treated their step children better than their biological children.  [/quote]

This is fascinating. [/quote]

NP - it is!  I've never hear it explained this way.  I've definitely seen this in real life, but...never thought about the "children are optional" angle.[/quote]

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