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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It's the battered husband syndrome...
They keep being lied to, back stabbed, betrayed, robbed and kicked in the teeth, yet they keep coming back for more.
A sucker born every minute...So damn true...
And play the part of dad to their, by then, angry, rebellious, completely messed-up teenage kids from some other baby daddy.
No thanks. I'd keep my sanity, peace and my money too.
I deal with a lot of people.The men want to have sex.The women agrees and moves in thinking marriage.I ask the guy when are you getting married and they laugh even if they have children.The woman doesn’t know this and later he drops her.On the woman’s side some shop around for a man with a good job and move in with him.Have a few kids and move on to another man.She has checks coming in from these men as long as the child is in school.I had one girl who was suicidal.She repeated 11th grade 3 times because the mother would not help her.If the girl graduated the mom lost the check.
I can’t.
I suffered through her show every day for about three years as I worked until the local am station finally cancelled her.
I can’t take her, it’s just not possible. I’m glad I’m not her husband.
As for my homepage, I don’t really need one.
I am an ornery wolf who loves dogs and guns, and that is about all there is to know.
They're screwed...
It isn’t that the female sex has changed, that causes the problem.
Social norms, cultural norms of the times don’t keep men and women apart, it is the laws, and the government interference which has changed, and which makes it so risky for men.
This is about law and government, not women as a sex.
That was their happy thought-hehehhehe
“Others in the thread were discussing their desire to have a subservient wife”
The great red herring. Nobody here mentioned wanting a subservient wife. A few expressed a desire for a wife that wasn’t aggressive and cruel, whom they could fully trust, and who saw her greatest importance in creating a happy home.
But not a single man here expressed a deside to dominate a woman into subservience. Also, I have never, ever, heard a man express a desire to have a meek subservient wife. Any sane person would find that rather annoying.
I just hear men wanting to be shown the slightest bit of respect and admiration. And most men would totally treasure the woman who gives them that.
Did I mistakenly come to Al-Jazeera instead of Free Republic?
Cause I’m hearing alot of men sounding like Muslims.
My woman needs to stay home.
My woman needs to meet me at the door with a drink.
My woman needs to “know her place”. Nobdy said this yet, but I haven’t read ALL the comments yet.
My parents been married almost 50 years. Both of the worked, because their marriage was a PARTNERSHIP.
Before y’all start blaming “feminists” y’all need to take a damn look in the mirror, and realize that being a “man” ain’t about being a Master.
My cousin went to the Philippines to find his wife.
Central Committee of the United People’s Party doesn’t approve, huh?
Muslims don’t drink—at least they aren’t supposed to.
lol...that would stick out.
Exactly - and there is a reason why the song “American Woman” made it to the top of the charts.
That is just too damn funny. “Cut out the fat”.
Obviously, you’re reading-impaired, if that’s the only takeaway you’ve got from this thread. Don’t overtax your thinking bone further. Your multitudinous canine and feline “children” are calling.
:)I be like 911.
Her past would make Paris Hilton blush, and she had a huge sense of entitlement.
You just don't marry a person like that.
All of the feminist types I know (including my mom) just about pooped bricks when I dumped her for not being "marriage material". They all considered it my duty to be "the nice, supportive (and supporting) guy in her life". Tough crap for them. Taught me the value of being a "nice guy". TO HELL WITH THAT.
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