Married with children: America's invisible men

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'Married man with children? Dude, in America, you were somebody once upon a time. A cultural phenom. Ward Cleaver. Mike Brady. Cliff Huxtable. Father always knew best.

Times change. Culture, too. You are America’s forgotten man now, largely invisible, often risible and, in certain quarters, completely contemptible.

In the early 21st century, no one writes tender novels or screenplays about you and what you do for your wife and kids. There are no sitcoms or major motion pictures or binge-watched HBO series where you shine. There are no invitations to “The View” to discuss how you made it to your tenth or 20th or 25th wedding anniversary, or how you put your kids through college on a working man’s salary.

Your role as father has been deemed unnecessary, or at least clouded in doubt. Any number of pieces published in the mainstream press say so.'

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