I honestly feel that a male and female parent being present in a child's life was far more relevant in the past than it is now.
Years ago, there were very clear distinctions between what a man should do and what a woman should do. There were almost exclusively men in the work force, and women were to get married to the most supportive / wealthy man she could, cook, clean, raise children, and such.
Now, we have progressed and women are in the work force, gender roles not being as "necessary" in our society. A single woman can now more than easily support herself, and the man is not needed to be the bread winner in the family. The playing field has been evened out a lot in that respect.
There are people who still hold more traditional views on "family" and still adopt the more traditional roles within said family, but there are now an abundance of even heterosexual couples in which both parents work or even have "stay-at-home dads" instead of moms.
Times are changed completely. A child doesn't need to be taught their place in the world as a male or female, moreso as just a human being. As long as they're being loved and nurtured, they can do perfectly fine in the world. The gender of the parent(s) is completely inconsequential in my opinion.
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