“It wasn’t just feminism that convinced women to go out and earn their own keep. It was fear that they’d be discarded once they were middle-aged.”
I think you’re right APLady, though it’s only a co-factor along with feminism.
Like everything else, it was a shift in thinking and in behavior that had never occurred in the past. The question is why.
The behavior of men changed. They became more willing to leave their wives. Why did they not do this in previous centuries?
It all has to do with the effects of turning from God. Men didn’t leave their wives because their faith in God kept them on the straight and narrow.
Around 70% of divorces in heterosexual marriages are initiated by women.
Apparently you are buying into the propaganda by the Left.
“It all has to do with the effects of turning from God. Men didn’t leave their wives because their faith in God kept them on the straight and narrow.”
It’s important to point out that acceptance of this cause and effect relationship does not equate with acceptance in God’s ontological existence.
“They became more willing to leave their wives. Why did they not do this in previous centuries?”
Because with feminism, men knew wives were capable of bringing home the bacon without them. Nobody was happier about the feminist movement than men — especially lazy promiscuous men. They were like kids in a candy store with a big crop of young women in the office.
I heard a monologue by Rush maybe 20-25 years ago explaining this in detail