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Murray
- Single-parent families are part of a dangerous 'underclass' in society, representing a culture of idleness, laziness and fecklessness. - Nuclear family should be in a private sphere and the government is becoming a nanny state. - Damaging effect on boys who have absent fathers.
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What is the underclass made up of?
Single-parent families, welfare dependant families, deviant and criminal backgrounds.
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What percentage of single-parent families are matrifocal?
90%, with no positive male role model to perform the instrumental role.
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Dennis and Erdos
Children, especially boys, require a male role model and if not can become anti-social.