[Tench_Coxe]

"In general, their attitutudes toward American women could be summed up as "not worth putting up with." "

I thought by this time this thread would have several hundred posts, with some of the usual suspects hurling invectives with abandon, while avoiding the issue which your above statement points out.
Heck, ask an American female in an unguarded moment about what she thinks about how her counterparts act and she isn't all that glowing in the report. Granted, this anectdotal from my experience. Additionally, some of those females who I've had this conversation with then run out and engage in the same behavior they just disparaged.

It appears that the marriage strike is growing. There are other instances of your stereotypical 30 year old living in his parent's basement, but I think that is much less the problem than the fact that the current environment is fairly hostile to men when a relationship goes bad. This is made worse by a legal system that originally was formed to help women based on an older set of values, but then hijacked by opportunists who have turned it into a way to punish men just because of their gender.

If compared to a casino in Vegas, would you dare want to gamble there, knowing that the odds are highly stacked against you?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I've talked with 30 somethings and they don't know how to talk to each other. They're afraid of each other. They're afraid of making a mistake. They're timid, and awkward around each other when it comes to thinking about commitment. They don't know how to act like a couple. It's horrible to see.

[gogeo]

If compared to a casino in Vegas, would you dare want to gamble there, knowing that the odds are highly stacked against you?

...and that you were literally "betting the farm?"