Fatherlessness and a lack of male role models are often cited as causes of an apparent crisis of masculinity among boys. This is not new. These arguments have been made for nearly half a century, both in the UK and the US, as the root of a multitude of social issues.
Blaming absent dads for the crisis of masculinity is too simplistic. Many men want to be more involved
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