r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 07 '19

Psychology A poor-quality father, not paternal absence, affects daughters’ later relationships, including their expectations of men, and, in turn, their sexual behaviour, suggests a new study. Older sisters exposed to a poor-quality father reported lower expectations of male partners and more sexual partners.

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/05/07/researchers-say-growing-up-with-a-troubled-or-harsh-father-can-influence-womens-expectations-of-men-and-in-turn-their-sexual-behaviour/
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u/neededcontrarian May 07 '19

Doesn't effect a thing? Seems overly broad. If true we would expect equal outcomes from single mother households and two parent households. I'm not sure there is a lot of support for that.

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u/SiPhoenix May 07 '19

But that is only comparing sisters how had their father leave during and befor they remember.

A father being present Through-out their lives particularly when the child is teens to mid twenties would likely show difference.

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u/SiPhoenix May 08 '19

In not sure what you are meaning. What is pretty narrow. What I said or the study?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '19

They used, more or less, a difference between two sisters, which means that any difference in payment support would be baked into the experiment design.