Ben Shapiro

They're also more prone to violence and more aggressive, which means that, typically speaking, men either build or they destroy.

Those are the choices.

You need men to teach their sons not to destroy, that actually they are supposed to protect.

Men have to teach their sons and other kids in the neighborhood manliness or societies crumble because boys tear those societies down.

And by the way, it's not a coincidence that girls from single-mother homes also fare far more poorly than girls from two-parent homes.

Girls from homes without a dad tend to engage in sexually risky behavior, higher rates of drug use, they drop out of school more often.

Why?

Well, because dads provide a sense of security for children and they model the behavior.

If you're a dad, you keep your kids in line.

You make sure they know they are protected.

Those are the two things.

So for boys, keeping them in line ensures that they know what the rules are.

What is good behavior?

What is bad behavior?

And there's somebody there who actually is willing to enforce those rules.

There is yet to be a 17-year-old boy who's afraid of mom.

But there always has to be that component when it comes to fatherhood.

It's just a reality.

And as for girls, girls learn from men how women ought to be treated.

If dad treats mom badly, you got a problem.