I found a lot of meanings for "half-man", like a drinking game, a dealer… None seems to fit in this sentence. Could you help me please?
He could not understand why these fathers, half-men all, could stand idly by and watch their young daughters march off to school and to the mall and into the cars of quick-handed boys wearing clothing more appropriate for a strip club than for public view.
Best Answer
The author is using half-man to belittle the fathers.
Reason, he is a man so he can make a daughter biologically. However, he is not a man because he doesn't have any responsibility.
He is only half of a man.