Posted on 09/03/2017 11:34:00 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Women made men wait to marriage?? In what world did that happen?
There is a whole lot of OTHER reasons men are not getting married.
A family court system that will bankrupt them for life
Women who are feminist-nazis are not marriage material
Affirmative action that has destroyed college slots and employment for men
Etc.
Nah, atheistic anti-family culture, education and family courts is more the culprit.
Some of us knew that in 1968.
Free milk vs the Cow.
>>The Transformation of Men
Men didn’t really change. Women changed. Then men re-prioritized.
But great sex is best in a committed relationship.
“There is a whole lot of OTHER reasons men are not getting married.
A family court system that will bankrupt them for life
Women who are feminist-nazis are not marriage material
Affirmative action that has destroyed college slots and employment for men
Etc”
One more...it ends your sex life.
Living 2 blocks from Las Olas and A1A in 68 we knew that.
Had to love the Ocean Mist
No such thing as cheap sex, there is a price to be paid
one way or another.
Well, anyway, I remember sex, don’t know why it seemed
so important at the time.
Next time around, asexual budding it’s so much simpler.
To be more accurate, women made men wait until ‘they put a ring on it.’ i.e. they were engaged.
I came of age in the late 70s/early 80s. Women then still looked pretty darn good. Too many young women these days look like overweight, sexless blobs. Totally unappealing. And a lot of men are not much better. Honestly, I’d say about 50% of young women these days look undatable to me.
When I look at other couples in public, a lot of them just seem hopelessly out of shape. They way they walk and act implies they are damaged in some way. I rarely, if ever, noticed that growing up.
From what I’ve seen, American physical attractiveness peaked in the early 1960s (for both sexes).
In economic terms, we have reduced the risk and quality value premium between the cost of marrying “normal” women and prostitutes to almost nothing.
Back in the old days, before the social upheavals of the ‘60s, before the birth control pill, women being virgins at marriage was much more common.
Of course not everyone was a virgin bride. But more were than nowadays.
There were also “shotgun” weddings back in those days, so that couples who jumped the gun made it right by getting married.
I agree. Marriage becomes less and less a desirable option because of negative attitudes towards men, divorce laws that are skewed against men, easier access to sex outside of marriage, lack of career opportunity for men, etc.
I meant to say, jumped the gun and she was pregnant as a result, caused couples to marry quickly.
Women who are feminist-nazis are not marriage material
Bingo!
Making men wait until marriage, certainly happened in my youth. It was the societal expectation, and I believe, the norm!
Also, where I live, I’ve noticed Asian massage parlors popping up like weeds over the last 5-7 years. They are not quite as numerous as nail salons, but getting there. Would not happen unless men were paying big $$ for happy endings.
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