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Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men |
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| Author: Peggy Drexler Published: 2006-10-03 |
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List price: $14.95 Our price: $5.99 |
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Customer comments on this selection. SadRegardless of the science one uses (IVF, sperm donation), it always takes a male and a female to create a baby. ALWAYS. The notion that fathers are unimportant after conception is downright dangerous and purely ideologically driven. Heaven help our society. Utter claptrapThis schlock was recommended by an acquaintance and I'm stunned. It's simplistic and often silly without really saying much of anything. It is a book of assumptions and common sense and the only people who would need to read it are those so out of the mainstream, such as a rich professor of psychology, and not those that are actually raising children without a partner. There are few if any citations to speak of, and essentially I found this book to be a complete waste of time. Reader beware, you have been warned. HogwashAbsolute hogwash and drivel. The author projects her own unresolved issues with her father on to every case study and creates fantastic conclusions based on shoddy and inaccurate science  could we have a balanced review?I'm more stunned by the reviews than by the book. I think the book has interesting information and a valid perspective that isn't heard often. But to understand that, one needs to actually read the book and also to understand sociological methods of study - studying human experience is not like studying cause and effect in a lab. One also needs to hear and grasp the difference between studies on boys with fathers who have abandoned them - the studies most often cited and associated with stats about the negative effects of not having a father - and this study which is on boys who do not have a father in the picture and never have. In this way, this is new research. The book doesn't, to me, say that men are not necessary to boys - in fact the author spends a great deal of the book talking about how boys who do not have fathers get access to (and are encouraged by their "maverick moms" to get access to) men and male role models. She finds this to be of benefit for the boys. She does also say that, based on this research, she sees boys being raised in this specific circumstance (boys without fathers who have abandoned them and who are being raised by a mom or moms) doing very well and developing in a very balanced and healthy manner. My issue with the book is two-fold. I'd like to see more research and a follow-up with the subjects of her research - I think that would lend itself to a stronger work. I also just found the writing to be generally unorganized and a bit repetitive. This was very distracting to me as I read. So interesting information - would like more research and more data - writing itself only so-so. Shoddy researchDrexler seems to forget that anecdotal evidence cannot be used to justify the type of claims she's making in this book, which is riddled with biased sample and hasty generalization fallacies. Drexler makes sweeping statements about the efficacy of single mother parenting without even attempting to clearly define her definition, let alone establish a double blind study or make any other attempt whatsoever to compensate for her bias. Instead, she relies on anecdotal evidence supplied by individuals who were clearly selected based on whether or not their stories support her conclusions. |
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