Like Kate, they "need" a man,, but they don't really want one. .
You notice in the story of Kate, love and relationship and attachment never are even given a nod. She wants a baby' and will put up with a man only as necessary to get one. If she loved her "boyfriend," she'd be married and have her kid by now.
As I’ve said, I don’t think the women in the article really know what they want.
But even when I was young and dating in the ‘70s, it was hard to find a young man who wanted to marry young and didn’t expect a girl to fall into bed with him very soon, with no commitment. They had avidly bought-into the ‘free love’, no-responsibility idea, and there were plenty of women who bought-into it with them to whom they could turn, instead of taking on responsibility.
Also, a lot of young adults now were brought up by extremely indulgent parents who spoiled them; they haven’t got a realistic awareness of life and responsibility, or the beauty and reward that settling down and dealing with real life entail. (And there’s a lot of truth in what utahagen stated in post 117.)
If you teach your kids to have real character and to recognize and value it in others, they will be immune to a lot of the negative aspects of culture, media, etc. - or at least learn their lessons sooner and less painfully.
I think that people are generally more selfish today than past generations, and neither sex has a monopoly on that. But I also know too many bright, idealistic young people to be depressed about the future. As a culture, we will learn from all of this and get over it.
I know men of all ages who would love to find a woman, fall in love, and have a family. The women who want this in return are scarce. Oh I know they always talk that way, but today’s women who are single and childless heading into their mid-30’s are women who don’t really like men much, and wouldn’t know how to love one if they wanted to.
Like Kate, they “need” a man,, but they don’t really want one. .
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I don’t know, one of my dearest friends almost a daughter, is a young woman in her early thirties, who was a preschool teacher, who loves children, who would love to find a man who wants to settle down. Not many out there. She is a homemaker, a gardener and loves children. she would be great at home, although she enjoys her work. She would be an equal contributor.