Are boys raised by single mums less manly when they grow up ?

I was raised by a single Mother. I'm an ex U. S. Army Special Forces Ranger. Do ya think I'm less 'manly' ?

No! My mom did fine teaching me to be a man. I am not the pentacle of manliness, but I'm no sissy either. It's not the boys that are raised by single mothers. It's the boys that are sheltered from the world that aren't confident. I'd know. My best friend was a boy that was sheltered and his self esteem was non-existent because he didn't know how to deal with girls or really make friends because his mother picked them or forbid him to have certain friends. His folks are married and together happily. How can he effectively function socially if she didn't allow him to get experience? Some life lessons require pain. He didn't know how to work a wash machine at 24yo. It was REALLY bad. I helped him out. I was independent with laundry and such all my life and didn't tease him about not knowing things. I helped him out socially. My friends became his. His mom didn't like me very much, but didn't forbid me to see him. I think she felt sorry for me. People generally act weird when they find out I was abused by my bio. No other single mom raised boys I knew had problems. It was the sheltering. Moms were at fault, but not necessarily single and no necessarily lacked a male role model. Just adding some food for thought.

NO!!

I was raised by a single mum and I am pretty manly, I like to think.

I am currently renovating my mums garage and turning it into a habitable bedroom i.e. doing a garage conversion. That's pretty manly.

If the mother wraps the children up in cotton wool then I suppose that they will be more feminine than children that have the freedom to go out and experience life.

I was raised soley by my mother and I feel I am just as masculine as I would be growing up with my father. I hunt, have a good work ethic, work out, do all kinds of manly things I never learned from my mother.

Our parents are not our only role models, you know.

This is hard to answer as being married my husband worked away most of the time so I was mum & dad to both my boys. they grew up fine and manly I do not think its important who brings them up as long as they are treated like males. also its good for boys to know how to cook, sew do the washing and ironing it will be useful one day it does not make them girly..

No, but a boy needs a father.