[shrinkermd]

"...But marriage is still the ideal for many women. Smock found that young couples wanted to wait until they could afford a "real wedding" instead of going "downtown" to the justice of the peace. (Many women even refer to their live-in partner as "fiancé" when a wedding date is nowhere in sight.) Some women don't want to settle for a guy who isn't financially secure. Others may fear divorce. That could help explain why the average age for first marriages has been slowly rising—it's now 25 for women and 27 for men. "Marriage used to be the first step into adulthood," says Johns Hopkins sociologist Andrew Cherlin. "Now it's the last."

[Coldwater Creek]

And, it all leads to the decline of a nation!

God will not be mocked!

[sgtbono2002]

***People expect more from marriage than they did a century ago, when it was mainly a practical arrangement to provide financial stability for women and a place to raise children. ***

My marriage isnt a century old its merely 44 years. However my wife and I didnt get married as a practical arrangement to provide financial security for her and to raise kids.

If this is why socialogists believe people marry, its no wonder they want to recognise gay marriages. They dont have any idea of what a real marriage is. A marriage is a commitment for life between a man and a woman who love each other. Sometimes they go downhill, but the origianl idea was the commitment for life. Anything else is not a marriage its a business deal.

[freeangel]

After the first is on the government dole, she should be sterilized. She wants 'em, she can pay for them.

[Condor51]

These single 'career women' should get a freaking pet. That's all they really want anyway.

[I still care]

The scary thing is, this is the what will really push America down the road to socialism.

It is extremely difficult to raise a child alone, and these women will demand the government fill the traditional place of the husband. Aided and abetted by pathetic stories in the MSM.

[frankjr]

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Question: What hath the Feminazi wrought?

Answer: A nation of self-centered sluts.

[spanalot]

and consider that caucasians are not having enough kids to replace themselves.

lets hear it for 'modern woman'

[meyer]

"4 in 10 Births by Single Moms"

And me, the taxpayer, is paying through the nose to support them.

[Old_Mil]

(Many women even refer to their live-in partner as "fiancé" when a wedding date is nowhere in sight.)

I've noticed that this particularly form of self delusion has been growing in popularity. There are probably at least a dozen women in my graduate school class who have fiancees, despite not having rings or dates.

[TomasUSMC]

Blacks 70 percent unwed births
Latino 46 percent

[kcvl]

*Mary Lee MacKichan, PhD, is a freelance science writer based in San Francisco.

[kcvl]

Pamela Smock, professor of sociology at the University of Michigan

[kcvl]

Wellesley College sociologist Rosanna Hertz

[qam1]

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[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

40% of babies are born to single mothers. Also, American women cover themselves in tattoos. Yeah, I really want to run out and get married.

[TruthWillWin]

The legacy of LBJ.

[HitmanLV]

I'd never consider a single mom for a mate. Which works out fine, since most single moms probably wouldn't ever consider me for a mate.

See, everyone's happy this way! ;-)

[Doc Savage]

Guy in NY killed at strip joint at 4am night before his wedding. He was the father of a 3 yr. old and 5 yr. old by his intended. Duh!

[longtermmemmory]

IOW feminist women are more successful in finding some sucker of a groom to raise some other man's mistake.

The lesson pushed upon the weak minded, fatherhood is fungible.