My parents have been married for over thirty years. My father is a 20 year military vet and current contract for a major EUC. I know what a real man looks like and how he is supposed to act. That's how I can look at that mans face and see how weak he is. My extended family on both sides are mostly lower class and most of the women(cousins, aunts) are baby mamas. They all have the same lives. They only respect the baby daddy's no matter how lazy, cruel, or abusive. That's why they chose to have HIS children, and not the STEP DAD. In many cases the only reason they get a step dad is to make the baby daddy jealous and engage with them. Women will never love a step dad more than a baby daddy no matter how well/bad they treat her. The baby daddy just has better genetics and that's all women really care about. One thing I notice about women with kids is that the baby daddy's and the boyfriends are always completely different dudes. The baby daddy's are rough neck dudes who only care about looking fly and fighting. The boyfriends are always soft good hearted dudes who have had jobs since high school, short haircuts, no tats, and soft spoken. I feel bad for boyfriends because most of them are so desperate for "respect" in their community that they think wilfing up some used up single mom and getting Facebook likes is a sign of maturity.