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Old 02-07-2007, 08:44 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Observer View Post
Recently I've been reading "Father Loss" by Elyce Wakerman. This book is a must for every girl/woman who has lost her father through death, divorce or desertion.
I don't know if it's the author's words - or if you've paraphrased him.
However, for this to be taken seriously, there is a word missing that is very important: MAY. Those things MAY happen. They may not happen. They may also happen to girls who HAVE fathers. Every - EVERY - situation is different. Your author will NEVER convince me that the daughter of Jodie Foster, a single woman with no live-in male companion, is less happy or less well-adjusted than the daughter of John Wayne Gacy, a full-time father. There are way way way too many generalizations and broad-brushed statements for the piece to have scientific validity.
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