There are more reasons than ever for men to carefully weigh the decision to become a father—beginning with increased social pressure. According to Donald N. S. Unger, the author of Men Can: The Changing Image and Reality of Fatherhood in America, pop culture used to offer two daddy types: "cold, distant, and efficient" (see Don Draper, circa Mad Men Season 1) and "warm, involved, and incompetent" (Season 4). Now both are culturally verboten. "Men's distance from parenting," Unger says, "has radically changed since the time of 'I wish I could help, honey, but I keep putting the red socks
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