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The rise of singlehood is reshaping the world: A great relationship recession is under way
The Economist ^ | 11/05/2025

Posted on 11/06/2025 8:47:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 11/06/2025 8:47:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

What dude wants a Zoltar Imam Danny voter?


2 posted on 11/06/2025 8:47:54 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Real Genocide of Christians by muslims in Sudan and Nigeria gets no notice from Jew haters.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Technology is the biggest disrupted of a culture’s values.

And probably the biggest one in modern times is the pill and associated birth controls that sexually “liberated” women, for good or bad, has played havoc with traditional values, the concept of family, and traditional man-woman relationships.


3 posted on 11/06/2025 8:56:40 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Modern women of all ages are a no-go. I wish I could warn my younger self. Maybe, I should have listened to all those “Evil Woman” songs.


4 posted on 11/06/2025 9:03:15 PM PST by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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To: SeekAndFind

Risk ✖️.... reward 🪦


5 posted on 11/06/2025 9:03:37 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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(Risk ✖️.... reward 🪦)


6 posted on 11/06/2025 9:04:55 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thinking of all this from a wider viewpoint, look at the harm feminist influenced unmarried women are doing just to the economy.

No getting married in early to mid 20s so no need to buy a house, and the carpeting, expensive kitchen appliances, laundry washers and driers, furniture for all rooms, insurance and so on. Rooms repainted, roof repairs, new furnace later on.

No family so no kids’ clothes, toys, sports equipment, music lessons or ballet lessons.

No family to movies or the beach.

No annual family vacations as no family. Fewer families to resorts and amusement parks.

They say there are millions fewer houses than expected for this part of the decade, partly due to high costs but also to fewer married couples.


7 posted on 11/06/2025 9:13:19 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Lol.


8 posted on 11/06/2025 9:42:37 PM PST by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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To: SeekAndFind

Women these days are out of their Leftist minds!


9 posted on 11/06/2025 9:44:35 PM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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From the article: women’s standards have grown more exacting. For many, a mediocre partner no longer seems a better bet than remaining single.

These women suffer from 49er Syndrome, where delusional 4s believe they're a 9. Obese single mothers with children from several different fathers each insist they're entitled to a "high-value" man. The late Kevin Samuels has video after video of them.

10 posted on 11/06/2025 9:51:50 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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From the article: Women are more likely than men to say that they want their mate to be well educated and financially solid.

Hoeflation: Today's men must work 5 times harder than their grandfathers for women that are 20 times worse than their grandmothers.

"His wallet is handsome. His wallet's got a jaw line." - Replicant Phish

She "expects to be loved for exactly who she is". Yet, if a man misses one box on her list then he is discarded.

"When men have standards its considered misogynistic, but when women have standards it’s considered a preference." - Kevin Samuels

11 posted on 11/06/2025 9:52:28 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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From the article: More men are failing to clear this moving bar,

Yeah, this "moving bar" in just three generations has gone from
-virgin wife
-to wife with a single-digit body count
-to divorced mother
-to single mother with a double digit body count
-to obese single mother with tattoos and children from several different fathers with a high double digit body count
-to obese single mother with tattoos and children from several different fathers with a triple digit body count

12 posted on 11/06/2025 9:53:24 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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From the article: ...as they [men] fall behind women educationally...

A complete flaw in logic. Going into debt (that they expect men to pay off) getting useless degrees isn't any indicator of intelligence.

Women conflate education with value. A female secretary with a liberal arts degree making $30K will think dating a male plumber with a $100K income is "dating down".

"There is no burden of performance on female competence. Men must accomplish something. Women don't have to." - Myron of the 'Fresh and Fit' podcast.

"If women stopped working tomorrow, society would be just fine. If men stopped working tomorrow, society would be in shambles." -Pearl of justpearlythings

13 posted on 11/06/2025 9:54:51 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Men who venture out alone into the wilds are sought out for their courage and skill. Women found alone in the wilds are usually kicked out of a community due to their behavior.


14 posted on 11/06/2025 9:55:12 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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This article is one more attempt to pretend that women are making the choice to be single.

It's the opposite - men are walking away.



15 posted on 11/06/2025 9:56:17 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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The power brokers are terrified of having to change divorce laws so they're promoting the lie that it's women who are choosing to be single.

Hoe_math breaks down why it's already too late.



16 posted on 11/06/2025 10:08:32 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Men with no college degree and low earnings struggle to attract a partner; doubly so if they do not share domestic chores [...] Some of these problems may be self-correcting. One obvious idea is for men to grow up, do a little more housework [...]

How does the amount of housework a married man might willingly perform affect his dating prospects while still unmarried?!

I suppose that, if an unmarried man were to vociferously broadcast his aversion to domestic duties already during the dating phase, that might negatively impact his chances of securing a mate - but the article is suggesting that women are avoiding men at the get-go, like when their eyes first lock at a distance in a crowded bar, because they can somehow "sense" that, after months of dating, an engagement, and marriage, the men will neglect their household duties.

The author of the article is obviously grasping at straws to justify women's laziness and pickiness in the dating scene.

Regards,

17 posted on 11/06/2025 10:21:59 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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Today's men must work 5 times harder than their grandfathers for women that are 20 times worse than their grandmothers.

Islam will fix that.

18 posted on 11/06/2025 10:25:26 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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From the article: women’s standards have grown more exacting. For many, a mediocre partner no longer seems a better bet than remaining single.

These women suffer from 49er Syndrome, where delusional 4s believe they're a 9. Obese single mothers with children from several different fathers each insist they're entitled to a "high-value" man. The late Kevin Samuels has video after video of them.

What the article assiduously avoids admitting is that fully HALF of all women are themselves "mediocre" - or worse!

And thanks for referencing the late, great Mr. Kevin Samuels!

Regards,

19 posted on 11/06/2025 10:27:46 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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LOL 😂


20 posted on 11/06/2025 10:36:31 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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