Regarding the relationship between paternal absence and antisocial tendencies: correlation or causality?

 Another question of intersectional correlation.

I've already commented on my idea that correlation can be divided into two types: parallel and intersectional. While the first is a purer type of correlation where there is no true or apparent relationship between two or more elements that occupy the same space of existence, the second is precisely the opposite, where there is a relationship that is not limited to a mere parallelism of coexistence. It's the difference between the correlation between per capita ice cream consumption and HDI (Human Development Index) and the correlation between the rate of STI infection and belonging to a sexual minority.

Regarding the correlation between exhibiting irrationally antisocial behavior and being raised in a fatherless home, it is more common or popular to establish a causal relationship, since many believe that the absence or presence of a father during the formative years of a human individual usually plays a central role in their long-term behavior. However, it is more likely that an intersectional correlation occurs in this situation, rather than an absolute cause-and-effect relationship, primarily because there are many cases of individuals, especially men, raised without a father figure, who do not end up turning to crime when they become adults (or even during adolescence). Secondly, there is also a very likely underlying biological factor, in which individuals of the opposite sex with certain (more frequent) psychological and cognitive characteristics in common, being more likely to have relationships and produce offspring, are also more likely to transmit or replicate these same characteristics in their children, as in the case of irrationally antisocial behaviors, expressed by the very negligence of certain men who abandon their biological families, which is a clear example of selfish and irresponsible behavior. Another behavior correlated to this context of paternal absence is the level of promiscuity (number of sexual partners throughout life), both of the father and the mother, sometimes also reflecting a chronic instability of one or both of them in being able to maintain a relationship for a longer period. Therefore, it seems conclusive that this is yet another case of "genetic confusion" (or biological confusion) in which underlying factors of this same nature are not being fully considered, resulting in the very likely mistaken conclusion that it is only environmental elements, such as the absence of a father in raising children, that generate long-term causal behavioral repercussions in them.