Re: Just a question
Depends on whether or not these boys were emotionally, verbally and/or physically abused by thier fathers. When I did my Psych degree we were told that 1 in 4 people who have been abused become abusers. Personally I have seen this to be somewhat true. However, the effects of abuse vary from individual to individual, everybody is different, building a relationship with the opposite sex may or may not be the effect of any kind of abuse, or it may be the only way is effects somebody. I would think it mostly depends on how bad the abuse was and how much the individual let the abuse effect them, theres also a time issue. There are so many factors involved in why certain people have certain characteristics which stem from abuse. I would think it would very difficult to pinpoint just one factor, in this case, the abusive father. Some children may not view their fathers behaviour as being abusive as that may be the only environment/behaviour they know.
You know, I think one of my friends used this subject for thier dissertation, although I am sure it was to do with females and not males, and I think they used culture as a variable.
There probably is some sort of correlation somewhere, as there usually always is.