metmom: A voice of sanity on this thread and at 205 post mark, not one person has responded to your astute observation.
I have refuted kosciusko51's comment - though not to him directly. So now I'll address my refutation to him directly:
In the 18-30 age bracket in the modern U.S., women hold almost all the cards, on multiple levels (sociologically, legally, and - consequently - sexually). Others here have explained how; let me summarize:
1. Sociologically: "You go girl!", "girl boss," etc. have no male counterparts (that won't get you laughed off the stage and/or cancelled). In all mainstream media, the narrative is - at best - "Men dying in droves - Women hardest hit!" Hillary Clinton asserted that with a straight face! Oprah, Dr. Phil, Mark Greene, Michael Kimmel, Dr. Warren Farrell, and John Gray dominate the discourse and always frame the problem as ultimately the fault of men. (They should "step up," "man up," and be "good providers" because it's their "natural role" and they should expect NOTHING in return!)
2. Legally (this "bleeds" into sociology). "Me-Too," Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's ridiculous accuser Christine Blasey Ford, divorce-court-raping of men, men being court-ordered to pay support for their wive's bastard children, kindergarten boys being accused of sexual assault and arrested/cuffed for "kissing a girl," etc., etc.
Regards,
I respectfully disagree. You are looking at the symptoms of a society that has diminished marriage over a period of time. How we got here is due to the sinful and selfish nature of all people. It’s not just men or women who made it that way, it’s the negative feedback of selfish behavior of both that got us to this point.