Posted on 04/19/2015 11:54:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A controversial new book argues that the triumph of feminism has meant men are now second-class citizens.
George Clooney, Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne may have all taken the plunge recently — but they are a diminishing band of brothers, for the number of men marrying in the West has plunged in recent decades.
The state of matrimony is not just ailing. It is dying out faster than a mobile phone battery.
According to the Office for National Statistics, marriage in Britain is at its lowest level since 1895. In 2011, there were just 286,634 ceremonies — a 41 per cent free fall from 1972, when 480,285 couples tied the knot.
For an army of women, Mr Right is simply not there, no matter how hard they look for him. And the reason? When it comes to marriage, men are on strike.
Why? Because the rewards are far less than they used to be, while the cost and dangers it presents are far greater.
‘Ultimately, men know there’s a good chance they’ll lose their friends, their respect, their space, their sex life, their money and — if it all goes wrong — their family,’ says Dr Helen Smith, a lecturer at the University of Tennessee and author of Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood And The American Dream.
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The 19 yr old is fixing to leave for college in the fall. We went and took our tour yesterday and as soon as we were done he drove straight to the Catholic Church on campus to find out how to join the student catholic association. I’m so proud of him. I’m proud of all of them. God has truly blessed me and helped us to raise them as best we could. I prayed a lot when I was pregnant with all of them, and as soon as they were all born the first chance I got to be alone with them in the hospital I prayed and told God that I knew these were His children and that he had blessed me and given me the responsibility to raise them and to please help me. And obviously he has.
Richer or poorer, sickness or health.
I’m filing this under sickness, until I csn get her bipolar meds back in her.
The til death do you part thing gets me too.
So a Sacrament that is sullied by the laws and habits of (some of) mankind is rendered meaningless to the Almighty? Interesting. I didn't know we had that power over Him.
What a wonderful story!
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