“We see a huge range of plasticity in how much engagement there is in human males,” admits Richard Bribiescas, from “the most doting and caring father, and everything is great and lovely, to a father that’s sort of engaged and maybe just brings food and resources home, to the ultimate, very horrific cases of things like infanticide.” If society expects men to be involved in child care, they are, and they can do it well. If society expects them to be hands-off, they can do that, too.
