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Fathers

Are We in the Death Throes of Generational White American Male Trauma?

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Bree O'Connor
Jan 26, 2026
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I didn’t really know any Ward Cleavers while I was growing up. I can’t think of a single household in my world that was run by an Atticus Finch. Hell, I didn’t even know any Marlins (the clownfish in Finding Nemo). Nah, in my world fathers were terrifying and step-fathers were mine fields triggered by children’s laughter and the inability of teenagers t…

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