That's really interesting because I have a boy and I gave birth to him out of wedlock. Now, his father didn't want to have anything to do with me until he found out that it was a boy and he did right for like, umm, 2 seconds before shaking the spot. My son will be 8 in two weeks and the only time he's ever seen his father was in a casket. (He passed away two yrs. ago this month)
However, I had no problems with getting attention as well as marriage proposals from men esp. older ones because I had a son, and now that I think back on it, it was b/c they felt like he needed a man around the house.
Not to say that I had success with marriage. After we divorced, my ex hubby told someone (and it came back to me) that he wished that I had had a girl when he met me b/c he couldn't deal "with some other ni@*a's son." Wish he said all that before we married instead of faking the funk with me AND my son. Bastid!!
Now, my current hubby loves my son as if he was his own and he has made plans to adopt him by the end of the year. You should see what he's gotten him recently. He bought the child a shirt that says, "my daddy's a Kappa!" it's so precious and our son wants to wear it everywhere.
But I agree with ClassyLady when she said that ALL children need a father in the home.