These shit men are inattentive, either unemotional or emotionally unstable, irresponsible, unable to do household chores, and unwilling to properly take care of children.

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The gen X dads were incredibly hands off because their parents, the boomers, were super overbearing. Therefore, so many men were not taught properly how to be attentive spouses and fathers.

It’s not a recent thing, there have always been shut men - it’s a source of great debate in the family about how my grandfather ever wooed my grandmother (we blame her upbringing in a military family for her putting up with an emotionally unavailable man) and my parents were always mystified how a couple of the wives in their friendship/parenting circle had ever fallen for the husbands. I’m Gen X and how some of my male friends managed to get hitched is a mystery, some of them where they’re at least superficially charming are on their second divorces.

So the litany of woes in the article is a tale as old as time, it’s just that women don’t have to put it with it any more. It doesn’t appear that this has led to guys raising their game though.