With so many women now in the workforce, the size of the workforce is mucher larger than if it were mostly made up of men.
Fundamental supply and demand means that this holds down the purchasing power of wages earned from working.
Since women have entered and stayed in the workforce these last few decades in such great numbers, they are increasingly finding it financially very difficult to have a family and not work outside the home, not to mention all the societal pressures and desire to “have their own paycheck”.
Those women who are not “married” to the government are often “married” to their paycheck (there’s often no “his” money, just “her” money and “our” money). Increasingly, men either don’t want to or can’t afford to play that game any more.
The male “head of household” is what is missing in most households, which was the norm in bygone days when America had a lot more practicing Christians.
I deal with a lot of people.The men want to have sex.The women agrees and moves in thinking marriage.I ask the guy when are you getting married and they laugh even if they have children.The woman doesn’t know this and later he drops her.On the woman’s side some shop around for a man with a good job and move in with him.Have a few kids and move on to another man.She has checks coming in from these men as long as the child is in school.I had one girl who was suicidal.She repeated 11th grade 3 times because the mother would not help her.If the girl graduated the mom lost the check.