Are Single Moms and Single Dads Viewed the Same?

A controversial study trumpeted by an ob-gyn leads off with the following hot-button sentence:

Judging by their behavior, American women appear to think that fathers are optional. According to the recently published birth statistics (Births: Final Data for 2006), the proportion of births to unmarried women has reached 38.5%, the highest rate ever recorded.
"Judging by their behavior?" Her whole column just starts off all wrong. But the underlying question is, if we look down on men who abandon their kids, what about women who choose to not have a father in their kids' lives? Thoughts?

'She Was Addicted to Quik'

I once knew a girl that loved her some Nestle Quik. She was addicted to Quik. Had to be the pink kind, couldn't be regular chocolate flavor (which I loved.) She would come outside her house everyday around 4 PM and she'd have a glass of ... Quik. It was pure marketing genius that brought Quik to our doorsteps back then. Nesquik, according to Wikipedia, is a milk flavoring mix that was developed in the U.S. in 1948, and introduced there as Nestlé Quik. In the 1950s, it was launched in Europe as Nesquik. In 1973, the Quik Bunny, an anthropomorphic rabbit cartoon character wearing a large blue "Q" on a collar-like necklace, was introduced as its mascot. His most famous television jingle has these lyrics..."It's so rich and thick and choco-lick! But you can't drink it slow if it's Quik!" I wonder where she is today? She loved her some Quik. Do you remember the pink Quik?