Guess they needed that bike after all!
Posted on 11/30/2024 1:22:00 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Joe Rogan. Elon Musk. Representatives of bro culture are on the ascent, bringing with them an army of disaffected young men. But where did they come from? Many argue that a generation of men are resentful because they have fallen behind women in work and school. I believe this shift would not have been so destabilizing were it not for the fact that our society still has one glass-slippered foot in the world of Cinderella.
Hundreds of years after the Brothers Grimm published their version of that classic rags-to-riches story, our cultural narratives still reflect the idea that a woman’s status can be elevated by marrying a more successful man — and a man’s diminished by pairing with a more successful woman. Now that women are pulling ahead, the fairy tale has become increasingly unattainable. This development is causing both men and women to backslide to old gender stereotypes and creating a hostile division between them that provides fuel for the exploding manosphere. With so much turmoil in our collective love lives, it’s little wonder Americans are experiencing surging loneliness, declining birthrates and — as evidenced by Donald Trump’s popularity with young men — a cascade of resentment that threatens to reshape our democracy.
When we think of Prince Charming, most of us probably picture a Disney figure with golden epaulets and great hair. In the Brothers Grimm version of “Cinderella,” he is called simply “the prince,” and neither his looks nor his personality receive even a passing mention. In fact, we learn nothing about him except for the only thing that matters: He has the resources to give Cinderella a far better life than the one she is currently living. Throughout much of Western literature, this...
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Relationship skills need to be taught and learned.
Another thing — divorced men tend to remarry; divorced women - not so much, especially if they’ve had children.
I saw a paper on the above topic some years ago — as the divorce rate has gone up, so has the rape rate.
That’s because they are all at least 35 pounds overweight and have visible tattoos and piercings.
"Cinderella Complex" or "Disney Complex" is a term that masks what's really happening - they're "Monkey Branching". They're swinging from branch to branch, always for a better mate. They keep trading up until inevitably they swing and miss or simply can't go any further. Then the try to go back and get together with someone they previously dumped. Men aren't playing that game anymore.
“The worst thing that modern Feminism could have done for women was to allow them to reveal their true nature.” - Barbarossa
They're more likely to end up like Condoleezza Rice. A "successful" lady who has never gotten married.
But if we want our civilization to prosperity, we shouldn't be encouraging that kind of thing.
She is.
Sarah Bernstein. Jewish-Canadian Feminist writer.
Guess they needed that bike after all!
Orthodox Jews, Amish, Muslims, etc are not having issues with birth rates.
Better to call it the "Children Complex". Women get married in order to have children. Even though they are successful enough to support themselves or even themselves and a spouse they expect when they have children that the husband will have to pick up their share of finances. Kids are expensive and if something goes wrong medically the costs can go through the roof.
Now you will occasionally have a highly charged women who wants a house husband who will take care of the children while she works outside the home but that is a outside the norm.
The more common way is she works until the kids arrive and then, if they have the money which is dependent on having a successful husband, she stays home to raise the children until they are all of school age when she returns to work part time.
Taking this break right at the time when you are making the most strides in your career is costly in terms of not only your current but future earnings. So, once again, successful husband is necessary.
bruce jenner and the freak show ruined dating culture...
Birth rate is declining even there.
It was at a higher level to start so the decline from 15 children to 8 is less noticeable but it is there.
Those aren’t the people fighting against reality. That’s what this author is doing. Women who choose their own mates are going to be attracted to the most successful male they can get.
Still high.
We get to "shape" our culture.
If we fail to reproduce, we will be replaced by a civilization with a higher birthrate.
Muslims may end up replacing us.
As it is declining all over the world and in all cultures.
Which is a problem.
I think you posted an image of a different Sarah Bernstein and that the NYT opinion author is this lady:
https://www.tiktok.com/@nytopinion/video/7358169123517517099
No doubt and a big problem is that our culture values things too much. . We encourage the young to pursue jobs not family. The average women’s fertility starts to decline at age 25. Most people get married after that age. It’s a recipe for extinction. We will get replaced by people who don’t do that (like Muslims).
And it'll happen sooner than we'll think. Just take a look at the UK. Maybe 2 or 3 generations.
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