Well, after a lot of insisting on tinder, badoo and other dating websites I got to meet a girl. We were a few weeks ago in a pub in the city, we talked about everything, there was a connection, on that first date we kissed and in the following weeks (about a month ago) we saw each other a couple of times a week in different places, but something curiosity jumped me since she never drank alcohol, not a beer or anything ... A few days ago we talked openly about sex since we plan to make love, and speaking of our fetishes I confessed my adoration for pregnant women. In this way, she surprised me with this: she is 12 weeks pregnant! Apparently she artificially fertilized and wanted to take motherhood by herself. We kept talking and I attached this photo, sex with her has been incredible but her pregnancy is not yet very appreciable. Anyway, I am very happy and I hope to continue seeing it, I will show you photos and videos

Her body looks crazy young but her face looks mature. Good job tho

Keep this going. I like this

Good for you man but, I'm disappointed that she is purposely making herself a single mother. It'd be a shame if that child grows up with no father figure.

(April 5, 2018, 11:20 pm)orta03 Good for you man but, I'm disappointed that she is purposely making herself a single mother. It'd be a shame if that child grows up with no father figure.

Really? Why? The whole concept of this or that figure is a social construct. There's no evidence to support that kids need any specific set of parental units. All the research that's been done on this topic has yielded that as long as children are nurtured properly, it's all perfectly fine.

(April 6, 2018, 4:07 pm)Akhenaten

(April 5, 2018, 11:20 pm)orta03 Good for you man but, I'm disappointed that she is purposely making herself a single mother. It'd be a shame if that child grows up with no father figure.

Really? Why? The whole concept of this or that figure is a social construct. There's no evidence to support that kids need any specific set of parental units. All the research that's been done on this topic has yielded that as long as children are nurtured properly, it's all perfectly fine.

I must respectfully disagree. There's plenty of peer reviewed studies that show that children do markedly better when raised in a two parent household. It's been well documented that children especially boys, need that a strong father to learn how to channel that masculine energy in a constructive way. When they don't have that, it can manifest in destructive ways. Which is why most young men who get involved gangs and general criminality come from single mother households. A few sources:

https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archiv...me/265860/

http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/Buil...Harbor.pdf

You don't think some of that might have to do with the fact that women still make a shit ton less money than men and are therefore unable to provide in the same way, or that there could be other HUGE societal factors affecting delinquency (such as class or neighborhood), and that there is no actual fundamental difference between one gender and another with regard to happy, healthy outcomes for kids? Because to say otherwise is kinda some outdated sexist bullshit that ignores the big picture.

I did a brief Google on this as well and found primarily propaganda from right-leaning organizations.

That said, a few others:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...135904.htm

Quote:Stacey concluded: "The family type that is best for children is one that has responsible, committed, stable parenting. Two parents are, on average, better than one, but one really good parent is better than two not-so-good ones. The gender of parents only matters in ways that don't matter."

This one in particular points to other variables that have nothing to do with "you need a guy with a penis around" (in other words, it's complicated). Though this is an opinion piece, it sites sources:
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/are-c...worse-off/

Quote:Lastly, any discussion of the impacts of single parenthood must take into account selection effects. Single parents may be more likely to have other traits (unrelated to their marital status) that cause their children to have worse outcomes than children raised in two-parent homes. It may not be the divorce or unwed birth that causes the problem but instead the underlying personal attributes, mental health or competencies that produce both a broken family and worse outcomes for the child.

From your own link:
http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/Buil...Harbor.pdf

Quote:Single moms are one of the most disadvantaged groups in the U.S.—nearly 30% of their families live under the poverty line, according to the US Census, as compared with 62% of families with married parents.

Again pointing to a pretty huge factor that has nothing to do with fatherhood and everything to do with the economic disenfranchisement of women. Anyone with half a brain knows how things go in the US right now. This points directly to economic distress, not the intrinsic value of masculine parenting.

Your other link is an author's opinion and does not cite sources. Furthermore, this author clearly has an agenda:
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/expe...s-hymowitz
First link on that page is commentary written by her a couple weeks ago: "Can We Put Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again?: Marriage and Responsible Parenting"

Quote:The waning of the two-parent family has weakened American society and left it vulnerable to a host of ills: poverty, declining economic mobility, the crisis in the white working class, men dropping out of the labor force, school achievement gaps, child abuse, crime, and racial, gender, and economic inequality.

AGENDA!

I have a mostly-worthless degree in psychology and was made to research this topic and its intricacies quite a bit during my studies. That is not to say "SO I KNOW EVERYTHING!", as I do not, but rather to say I did in fact take many classes on childhood social and cognitive development, and you can bet this was part of it.