Is it overrated?Because if you think about it, in tribal societies there was no concept of a father that would stick around for years and carefully raise his kids. It doesnt seem natural. A lot of times sons might not even know their father. The older men would be out hunting, not really paying attention to the kids.In "traditional" societies just a few centuries back, most men would be out fighting and dying in war, or working all day. Most early childhood rearing was still done by women. So why all the emphasis on the "devastation" caused by paternal absence?...Now, given that modern society is incredibly misleading and non-intuitive, I can see the utility of a father who's there to cut thru the bs and guide his children on what's real and what's not. But previous societies wouldve probably made much more sense at face value, to where a child could mostly guide themself
Spoken like a true nigger with no dad
>>541399481>What is r/K selection
>>541399481Even tribal societies, there were fathers present, everything was simply more communal. Boys would have many "father figures" along with their own actual dad, and would be inculcated into the ways of manhood much earlier. As for the centuries ago when men would be out working - work was usually done at or around the home, either as craftsmen or farmers etc., and the son would learn the trade of his father from an early age.
>provocative and dumb premise >1 pbtidSlide thread
