Title: Fatherhood and Marriage Are Indispensable for Children and Society - The Hausvater Project
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Book Reviews
Fatherhood and Marriage Are Indispensable for Children and Society
1. Fatherlessness
2. Fathers in History
3. Why Fathers Matter
4. Popenoe's Recommendations
Evaluation

Content: Contrary to prevalent propaganda favoring female independence, Popenoe says that marriage is a “strong safety factor” for women. Married women are four to five times less likely to be victims of violence (74). In addition, Popenoe supports the age-old belief that marriage has a civilizing effect on men, causing them to behave better because they are so often around women and children. This civilizing effect of marriage has become less prominent as fewer and fewer men are married. Popenoe says, “Wherever large numbers of young, unattached males are concentrated in one place, the probability of social disorder greatly increases” (75). 2. Fathers in History
Part 2 of Life Without Father showcases the "modern nuclear family." This is the family form which most people would call "traditional": " A married couple with children, living apart from other relatives...the productive work of men shifted from the home to an outside workplace, and fatherhood became a part-time activity" (81). Popenoe explains that this family form was not always in existence, but arose in upper class Britain in the 1700s, coming to dominance in the Victorian era.