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Last month, I wrote two posts, almost back-to-back, in regards to fathers and parenting: A World Without Fathers and Husbands / Child Support and Deadbeat Dads.  Looking back now, perhaps it was a mistake to post them so close to each other because I’ve received a huge response, both in the comments and offline, from the posts.

First, I want to apologize if I gave the impression that I was against fathers or men for any reason.  I am not.  I want to apologize if I gave the impression that I don’t believe in father’s rights.  I do believe in it.

The post about the Moso’s way of life was simply an interesting case study that I wanted to share.  I find it very fascinating when I observe an entirely different way to life and culture that is counter to our own.  I don’t know if the Moso’s matriarchal society is better than ours or not.  I didn’t write the post to pass judgment.  I simply wanted to offer an alternative way to thinking about families and structure.  Mainly the point is that family and its structure is not biological – it’s cultural.

The other post about deadbeat dads was in response to Massachusetts recently catching one of its high profile cases of child support.  I don’t believe that posting about deadbeat dads means I’m against fathers.  It means I’m against people who shirk their obligations to their children – whether they be men or women.  It just so happens that statistically, dads are the ones that end up having to pay child support because the mom is the custodial parent.  Why that is, is an issue for another post.

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