Posted on 01/23/2007 7:11:06 AM PST by shrinkermd
THE news that 51 percent of all women live without a spouse might be enough to make you invest in cat futures.
But consider, too, the flip side: about half of all men find themselves in the same situation. As the number of people marrying has dropped off in the last 45 years, the marriage rate has declined equally for men and for women.
The stereotype has been cemented in the popular culture: the hard-charging career girl who gets her comeuppance, either violently or dying a slow death by late-night memo and Chinese takeout...
But when it comes to marriage, the two Americas aren’t divided by gender. And it’s not the career girls on the losing end. It’s their less educated manicurists or housekeepers, women who might arguably be less able to live on their own.
The emerging gulf is instead one of class — what demographers, sociologists and those who study the often depressing statistics about the wedded state call a “marriage gap” between the well-off and the less so.
Statistics show that college educated women are more likely to marry than non-college educated women — although they marry, on average, two years later.
Women with more education also are becoming less likely to divorce, or inclined to divorce, than those with less education. They are even less likely to be widowed all in all, less likely to end up alone.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Hasn't this already been debunked a thousand times? This stat includes 15 yr old girls.
Because of the increase of the relative mobility of american families which in turn, leads to social isolation, which in turns leads to single-hood.
Cats, breakfast of Labradors!
Why are so many people single?
Simple: Our generation, the Baby-boomers made it possible.
No-fault insurance, no fault-divorce, abortion on demand, everything is OK "as long as it doesn't hurt anyone." Does that sound familiar?
We were once a tough nation, we are now a country comprised of pussies who can rationalize any action - so long as we benefit, and everyone else be damned.
How's that?
yup, includes 15 year old girls, women who ARE married but their spouse is in iraq, etc..it also includes older teens who still live at home..yada, yada, yada..
Selfishness and self-centeredness.
The report about 51 percent of women being single was a fabricated report using false statistics. This has been proven, but of course when does a leftist ever pay attention to truth?
I blame lawyers. They hurt plenty and people don't want to take the risk.
It's not worth getting married unless you want kids. Otherwise, why bother?
notice the difference in how the MSM portrays this stuff...according to this article, 15 year olds are included as "women", but for all the anti-gun nuts out there spouting stats about how "children" are affected by violence, 24 year old gang-bangers are called "children" (as are these 15 year olds) so the stats fit the conclusion..so, they hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest..
Oh really? LOL. I didn't realize it was my duty to marry.
You forgot to thank LAWYERS.......
And here I thought it was due to feminism
And what does this mean for us guys who would actually LIKE TO get married??
"As the number of people marrying has dropped off in the last 45 years, the marriage rate has declined equally for men and for women."
ORLY????
Considering that same sex marriage hasn't been legal for the last 45 years, I kinda find it hard to think how it could possibly be otherwise.
Thank you Captain Obvious.
Qwinn
ROTFLMAO!!!
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