The flip side being, a father is not an absolute necessity, so long as there are adults with testosterone-correlated traits (actual; not stereotypical) in the life of the child.
This could be one of the mothers, or it could be male figures in other areas.
There are plenty of one parent families from which we can conclude that this is viable but not desirable, and not that many 3+ parent families from which we could decide whether e.g. seven is the ideal number of parents, all else being equal.
Joking aside, this is actually important. Boys have fewer and fewer role models in society, so having a dad around will make a difference.
I know it's not PC, but biology doesn't care about the current trend of pretending genetics and evolution aren't a thing.