katie roiphe/rosalind coward

DENNIS_CLAXTON at fragomen.com DENNIS_CLAXTON at fragomen.com
Mon Jun 21 11:08:20 PDT 1999


Jim asked Kelley


>Did you really have three child
>abusing neighbours? What neighbourhood was that?

and later posted an article from Rosalind Coward that had this:


>Around me, I saw fathers who were very hands-on and trying just as
>hard as women to work and be good parents. These men were making huge
>changes but they were being given little credit for their efforts. No
>wonder that last week academic research was published showing that
>contemporary fathers feel under enormous strain.

Jim, what neighborhood does Coward live in? What academic research is she referring to? Do you accept her sweeping generalizations that, at least in this article, are mostly supported by anecdotes? If so is this consistent with calling Kelley (mistakenly I think) on making a generalization from the list of abuses she posted?



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