I've been thinking a lot about the societal push to make single mothers acceptable long-term relationship material for men. Stepfathers that accept another mans offspring as their own are lauded as heroes by our society. Evolutionarily they are nothing but cuckolds expending valuable resources to carry on someone else's genes.

Legally these poor men are in the position of being completely expendable. Fall in love with her child and she can take it away from you in an instant. If a man adopts the offspring of another man he has now bound himself to wage slavery should the relationship fail.

This no win situation is lauded as being some selfless act by the man. He's a hero for being an idiot.

Women, on the other hand, become convinced that any "good man" will accept her children and love them just as if they were his own. This sets the woman up to become the ultimate alpha widow. Looking at the face of her child and seeing the alpha who impregnated her. And looking over on the couch and seeing the beta bucks that supports someone else's offspring.

All men must discourage male peers and relatives from this behavior. It is unacceptable.