The Absence Of Masculine Influence

thwack:
"This is what happens when boys do not have fathers. They behave like bitches because that is all they see and know."


Matthew King (in response):
"The raison d’être and a summary of all the wisdom of the “manosphere” in two sentences."


And to add to the above, an anecdote:

From his initial arrival, Tyler harps about the prevailing femininity in the present culture attributing to “a generation of men raised by women” (Palahniuk 1996). One quickly learns that both Jack and Tyler resent their fathers for ditching their mothers, and consequently gained all social intelligence from their female parent. Lacking any semblance of a father figure, Jack naturally lost many male teachings and therefore reached adulthood harboring a more feminine self-concept. Not surprisingly, children missing a father at early ages experience more intense feelings of loneliness, depression, and often acquire a more ambiguous sense of their masculine identity (Biller and Bahm 1971). Similarly, father-absent boys display a deficiency in interpersonal relationships and weaker self-concepts. Although maternal insight and behavior can counter-act the intensity of these damaging effects, this influence is precisely the thing Tyler (meaning Jack subconsciously) wholeheartedly rejects as a detrimental instrument. With knowledge regarding the internal turmoil tormenting Jack, his fabrication of an ultra-macho Tyler as compensation seems strangely validated.

Unterberger, Graham. "Fight Love: Masculinity, Mate Choice, and Soap." The Science of Fiction: 48.

Comments from: http://heartiste.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/generational-decline-in-testosterone-levels/