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Originally Posted by ilnjscb
This is probably more par for the course. Studies show that males with no children often have a negative or neutral response to children; in effect they are playing at being a father for the mother's approval. If they are extraordinarily giving individuals they might be able to hold up the act, but in general the result is a favored child and a less favored step child.
Children are also at a MUCH greater risk of being hurt or killed by stepfathers
More on Why Stepfathers Kill Their Children
(that is the title of the article not my title) |
This article confirms what DJ is saying: "The logic of assortative mating would suggest that only men of low mate value would marry women of low mate value (older women with children from previous marriages)."