Posted on 01/11/2013 5:39:57 PM PST by ReformationFan
Fewer young men in the US want to get married than ever, while the desire for marriage is rising among young women, according to the Pew Research Center.
Pew recently found that the number of women 18-34 saying that having a successful marriage is one of the most important things rose from 28 percent to 37 percent since 1997. The number of young adult men saying the same thing dropped from 35 percent to 29 percent in the same time.
Pew’s findings have caught the attention of one US writer who maintains that feminism, deeply entrenched in every segment of the culture, has created an environment in which young men find it more beneficial to simply opt out of couple-dom entirely.
Suzanne Venker’s article, “The War on Men,” which appeared on the website of Fox News in late November, has become a lodestone for feminist writers who have attacked her position that the institution of marriage is threatened, not enhanced, by the supposed gains of the feminist movement over the last 50 years.
“Where have all the good (meaning marriageable) men gone?” is a question much talked about lately in the secular media, Venker says, but her answer, backed up by statistics, is not to the liking of mainstream commentators influenced by feminism.
She points out that for the first time in US history, the number of women in the workforce has surpassed the number of men, while more women than men are acquiring university degrees.
“The problem? This new phenomenon has changed the dance between men and women,” Venker wrote. With feminism pushing them out of their traditional role of breadwinner, protector and provider – and divorce laws increasingly creating a dangerously precarious financial prospect for the men cut loose from marriage – men are simply no longer finding
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That is true Gerry and there are a lot of people from outside the US (Ungland) on that site too.
I even asked them the other night “are you conservative or liberal”? most just said “I’m Christian”. Then said stuff like “well I am against abortion but homosexuality is okay”.
LOL, you don’t seem to know men very well, or like them.
/johnny
I find it interesting that both men are without fathers.
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I can understand why men aren’t wanting to get married these days.
What with the tattoos, multiple piercings, dressing like shit, acting even worse. Then when it doesn’t work out take at least half of HIS hard earned money.
What’s there to like?
Oh, yes, we American women are so inferior, we’re nowhere near good enough for you wonderful, perfect American men!
I suspect you have trouble attracting an American woman because of your arrogance.
that is laz’s kind of woman
I can’t believe that was 6 years ago and so many old names.Morgana I stink at pinging and we mostly do music in my spot.
They weren't when my parents got married. They had to get married in a town in which neither of them lived.
Nowadays the "christian" qualification does not always mean what it would have in the past. The values have been made "progressive". That does not mean that there aren't good christian outfits out there. You just have to find them.
You, on the other hand, sound like quite the catch. Bet you’re inundated.
Tell him to marry a woman who makes more and has more stuff than he does. As the article says there is now a majority of women in the workforce and at universities.
The terror in American marriage for men, is that the woman can, and will move on, at the drop of a hat, penalty free, and rewarded as much as is possible.
The man loses everything, the woman merely gets rid of the “man”.
For the woman, things can stay exactly the same, the same house, the furniture, the laughing children, the PTA and teacher meetings, the schools and the little league.
>>“I’m Christian”. Then said stuff like “well I am against abortion but homosexuality is okay”.
Because gays don’t need abortions? Bizarre.
qam1, if he knows what’s good for him, oughta fill out an application to meet ya, and get in the long line praying while awaiting to be allowed in your presence!
You, however, seem to know women really well and are terrified of them.
You know...after the spat I had with them the other day...I don’t question anything they say..
“so I fully intend on protecting my assets.”
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And I’m sure the woman you choose wants to protect her assets also or are you planning on marrying a pauper?
‘’Chip’’...
Thank you for demonstrating it for us... You are illustrating the points made about American women very nicely, thank you...
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