Question

Why is there such a push for male role models for young boys, but not female role models for girls? Is it because there are more "absent" fathers than mothers? What are the actual numbers on this? I was telling a friend's mother about my own childhood and she asked if my younger brother has any male role models, right now. (our dad was killed a year and a half ago) He's 22. In the same story I also talked with her about being thrown out of the house when I was 16 and growing up, for the most part, without a mom. She didn't ask about female role models. Perhaps, because I'm so far beyond it, now? I'm 27. Regardless, this is something I want to spend more time thinking about.