some researchers argue that men are not equipt to form attachments both psychologically and socially
different hormones in men and women play a role
oestrogen underlies caring behaviour which makes women more biologically suited to forming attachments
cultural and social expectations that view child rearing as more feminine
grossman did a longtitudinal study of 44 families and compared the role of fathers and mothers contribution to their childrens attachment at 6,10 and 16 yearsold
grossman found that fathers play style as closely linked to the fathers internal working model of attachment