The Abrading of the U.S. Fathers. Rationales for Entering into the U.S. Fathering Role: Men's Divulgences, Women's Perceptions. Looking for a Man to Child Bond: Setting Up the Fieldwork. Results of the Fieldwork: The Joys and Tedium of Promiscuous Empiricism. Those Two Filters Once Again: Tabula Rasa or Biocultural Paradigm? `Father': Perceptions until the 1970s. Father the Irrelevant Becomes Father the Underachieving. Fathers in the 1990s: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. U.S. Fathering: In Search of a Benchmark. Fathering in the Breccia: On the Banks of the Rubicon. Electra and Lady Macbeth. The U.S. Father: A Tragedy of the Commons? The Commons Will not Stay Fallow. Troglodyte or Semiconductor: Dad in the 21st Century. Index.