They do have husbands. One is the absent guy and the other is a typical leftist, all in on female empowerment while his own daughter bosses him around and his wife cheers her and then wonders why he is depressed and drinks.

So you are probably right, even if they had boys they would not have had good role models. Counter point it seems more accepted, at least among my social circle, to be harsher with boys then girls.