Do you think women that grow up without a father, or a father that is emotionally unavailable go one of two ways when it comes to relationships with men?

1. They have many romantic relationships, and male friends to compensate for their lack of a father.

2. They have little to no romantic relationships, and males friends, because they don't have the necessary social skills to interact with males.

Yes, I do.
As someone else said maybe not everyone, but I have yet to see that instance in my own life.
In my own personal life I would be a 1. with a complete inability to truly commit, lest I be rejected.
I work at it, but I am what I am....and I believe we are all products of childhood experiences. Acknowledging that is only half the battle, working on it is a whole different ball game.
............but one of these days, I'm going to commit, or be committed to a mental institutution....LOL which would be fairly easy since I work at one.

Studies have shown that women who grow up without a father tend to become sexually active at a younger age. #2 is not really common, I'd say, since it's relatively easy for a pretty young woman to have a sexual relationship with a man whether she's got social skills with men or not. The problem comes in when she tries to have HEALTHY relationships with men, or have relationships with men who aren't just using her for sex, or relationships with guys who are themselves more socially skilled and are looking for women with greater social skills.

From personal experience I'm going to go with number 1. I always had so much trouble with not having his love that I would try to get love from men any way I could. It was hard to get past but I am now happilly married to a man who treats me so well. For a while I was so used to my father treating me terribly that when I was in a relationship I didn't know what I deserved.

2 for me. it is true,atleast in my case. i have a long term boyfriend, but it took me alot of time to open up to him,and understand him. i didnt feel comfortable around men for a long time,and i would crave attention and acceptance,and to feel cared about. yeah i have issues (had) but hey,thats life.

My dad was emotionally unavailable and even though I am not necessarily in your # 1 category since I'm not a cheat, I definitely search for approval of many men about my looks and the way they treat me. I need a lot of love from them.

Neither!

They would probably find an older man to have a relationship with, to substitute that lack of a father figure in there life!

i think that you've oversimplified a very complex family dynamic.

!t depends on what kind of person you are . -allison

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No. Maybe some, but not all.