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Why men won't get married anymore: Women complain chaps today won't settle down.
Daily Mail ^ | 04/19/2015 | Peter Lloyd

Posted on 05/07/2015 5:36:44 AM PDT by BJ1

For an army of women, Mr Right is simply not there, no matter how hard they look for him. And the reason? When it comes to marriage, men are on strike.

Why? Because the rewards are far less than they used to be, while the cost and dangers it presents are far greater.

‘Ultimately, men know there’s a good chance they’ll lose their friends, their respect, their space, their sex life, their money and — if it all goes wrong — their family,’ says Dr Helen Smith, author of Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood And The American Dream.

‘They don’t want to enter into a legal contract with someone who could effectively take half their savings, pension and property when the honeymoon period is over.

‘Men aren’t wimping out by staying unmarried or being commitment phobes. They’re being smart.’

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: divorce; marriage; singleness; singles
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Yesterday there was another thread on this. But I think this article is way better for the topic.
1 posted on 05/07/2015 5:36:44 AM PDT by BJ1
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who could effectively take half their savings, pension and property when the honeymoon period is over.

Operative word: their

2 posted on 05/07/2015 5:39:19 AM PDT by ladyjane
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The title has 5 superfluous words at the end.


3 posted on 05/07/2015 5:40:03 AM PDT by SAJ
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Men married women more when they kept their legs crossed more.


4 posted on 05/07/2015 5:41:27 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (If Hillary was running against Satan, I'd probably abstain.)
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It’s a sad state when the over-riding concern is what happens when the marriage is over, not “till death do us part.”

It’s sadder yet for virtuous young people, especially young ladies when the pool of eligible mates refuse to man up.

The non-virtuous ones made their bed already and are paying the price in many ways. Unfortunately, they’ve messed it up for everyone.


5 posted on 05/07/2015 5:44:22 AM PDT by cyclotic (Join America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
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Who wants to marry a man hating feminist?

Pray America is waking


6 posted on 05/07/2015 5:45:54 AM PDT by bray (Cruz to the WH)
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If I’d have shot my ex wife when I first wanted to, I’d have been out by now.


7 posted on 05/07/2015 5:46:33 AM PDT by umgud (No such thing as a moderate muslim.)
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Well, let’s see now.. marry someone who will cheat behind your back, who then upon divorcing you gets at least half your stuff, most of your monetary assets, and if you’re a military retiree, part of your retirement.

Yeah... what a concept!


8 posted on 05/07/2015 5:47:32 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Hillary is nothing more than a white, wrinkled form of Obama in pants.)
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It is difficult to fall in love with someone who can look you in the eye and say in so many words that it is her “choice” whether the baby you helped create should live or die.


9 posted on 05/07/2015 5:47:47 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: Michael.SF.

Women indeed are the “gatekeepers” of civilized society.
When men have to channel their sex drive into maintaining a relationship and supporting someone else besides themselves,
we have civilization.

When they are allowed to not have that restriction on their copulation,
there is chaos.


10 posted on 05/07/2015 5:47:50 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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Women’s indecision, contradictions and unreasonable demands have been codified into law and/or made part of societal norms.

But men are survivors. They are Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherers whose instincts have not been completely dulled by modernity and technology. Scorn us and we will withdraw. Accuse us without evidence of a transgression and we will ignore you. Criticize us while ignoring your own voluminous faults and we will chortle and get on with our own business while gladly ignoring yours.

Heterosexual women who believe, endorse and amplify ‘feminism,’ a purely leftist ideology created from whole cloth by lesbians and old maids, are fools of the highest order as they have sabotaged their own romantic prospects.


11 posted on 05/07/2015 5:49:45 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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Men are blamed for everything under the sun, why live under the same roof with it.


12 posted on 05/07/2015 5:50:58 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: bray
Who wants to marry a man hating feminist?

Who wants to marry a Cro-Magnon jerk?

13 posted on 05/07/2015 5:51:46 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Why men won’t marry you
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3287153/posts


14 posted on 05/07/2015 5:52:29 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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This may have something to do with it.

15 posted on 05/07/2015 5:52:58 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: relictele
Heterosexual women who believe, endorse and amplify ‘feminism,’ a purely leftist ideology created from whole cloth by lesbians and old maids, are fools of the highest order as they have sabotaged their own romantic prospects.

Or saved ourselves from being saddled with immature, uncaring mama's boys.

16 posted on 05/07/2015 5:53:47 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Have you seen the depicted role models for young women in today’s popular culture?


17 posted on 05/07/2015 5:54:51 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: ladyjane

Operative principle, female dominance otherwise known as intermittent submission.


18 posted on 05/07/2015 5:55:43 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Kindly explain in detail how feminism achieved this goal.


19 posted on 05/07/2015 5:55:51 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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IMO, no-fault divorce laws are largely to blame. As it stands now a woman could run off and sleep with the entire New York Jets football squad, and her betrayed hubby would still have to pay her support.

If the law still held each party accountable for their decisions things would be much better.


20 posted on 05/07/2015 5:55:54 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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