[T.B. Yoits]

...a man does not marry an aggregate, or statistical sample. He marries A WOMAN. ONE.

No, a man marries a woman and the government as an unwelcome third party to every marriage.

And that government? It treats such contractual parties as aggregates, statistical samples, to its own benefit.

[A_perfect_lady]

Come on, you two are the experts, help me understand this part:

The warning signs have been there for decades...Since the 1950s, she suggested, men had begun rebelling against the breadwinner ethic, inspired by Playboy culture, the counterculture and a desire for personal freedom.

What were all those housewives doing wrong in the 1950s to start all this? I know everything men do is merely a reaction to the evil of women, so... can you tell me why this would start in the 50s? I thought it started in the 70s, because "feminism." But the 50s? What were women doing wrong in the 50s?