Since 1965 fatherlessness has increased dramatically. As of 2010 black families were 53% fatherless, hispanic 31% and whites 20%. When the Moynihan report was written in 1965 it was predicted that 25% fatherlessness in the black community would decimate their families. Now our national average is 33%.
Recent research has gone beyond the estimates of correlation and is now using the word "causative" around fatherlessness and some of the problems outlined in this video. That is unheard of in social science research.
What are the culprits that have stimulated this increase? Who knows but I think a good guess would focus on the corrupt family court system, the misandrist government programs that only serve women and children and the nutty ideas of single parenthood being a good thing. You can look at feminism and the media for the last one. Please do add in the comments what you think is driving this.
And don't forget, men are good!
McClanahan is one of the most important researchers on this. This one is potent and talks about the causation of some problems due to fatherlessness. This is unheard of in social science research. Usually the best people can muster is to talk about correlation. We are far beyond that now with the fatherless problem.
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5154a075e4b08f050dc20996/t/533d5bf0e4b0907609ad2c66/1396530160194/MCLANAHAN2013.pdfHere's a massive list of what she has done:
https://www.princeton.edu/~mclanaha/publications.htm#articlesShe wrote an article for the 50th anniversary of the Moynihan report that basically pegged fatherlessness as the major problem in the Black communtity. Amazingly he wrote it in the 1960's when the rate in the black community was 25%. Now it has gone up for all races. you can see the article here:
http://educationnext.org/was-moynihan-right/...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eN5fftJXro