Posted on 01/16/2007 10:04:04 AM PST by shrinkermd
For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.
In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.
Coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of all American households for the first time, the trend could ultimately shape social and workplace policies, including the ways government and employers distribute benefits.
Several factors are driving the statistical shift. At one end of the age spectrum, women are marrying later or living with unmarried partners more often and for longer periods. At the other end, women are living longer as widows and, after a divorce, are more likely than men to delay remarriage, sometimes delighting in their newfound freedom.
In addition, marriage rates among black women remain low. Only about 30 percent of black women are living with a spouse, according to the Census Bureau, compared with about 49 percent of Hispanic women, 55 percent of non-Hispanic white women and more than 60 percent of Asian women.
In a relatively small number of cases, the living arrangement is temporary, because the husbands are working out of town, are in the military or are institutionalized. But while most women eventually marry, the larger trend is unmistakable.
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How long before Teresa Heinz dumps Kerry? (What's her maiden name?)
Your experience is 1 in a million.
I've seen reports about this, and I'm not surprised.
Women are more likely to be "faithful", spiritual, and perhaps, men are less likely to want to be "tied up" by "rules".
Wow, you're both in WA!
I am just so happy, I am NOT one of them.
Im not in total disagreement with some of what youre saying, but you really shouldnt tack on all the other things simply because of a tatoo!
I have one, got it in a moment of youthful rebellion. However, I am the typical stay at home mom/wife. I get up at 430 am make my husbands coffee, breakfast and pack his lunch and at 6am do the same for our son.
I bake, cook, clean and do the laundry. cat box too (yuck). Ive even been known to help my husband with construction work on the house and help fix the cars if he needs me.
I know how hard he works each day and believe my job, as a wife is to make sure all his needs are taken care of. i dont even make him take out the trash, though i do make him mow the lawn in the summer:)
Just because a woman has a tatoo, doesnt mean all the rest of your list applys. She could very well still be the typical old fashioned girl-you might be missing out!
(blushing)
I posted before clicking Rosie's profile. Indeed.
You REALLY don't grasp the difference?
Semper Fi
Could be a calendar. :) Let's see:
Miss January --Helen Thomas
Miss February --Nancy Pelosi
Miss March --Cindy Sheehan
Miss April - Hillary
Miss May - Barbara Boxer
Who would like to finish up the year?
I agree. You CANNOT get rid of it, certainly not without a lot of concommitant pain. And it's all over, potentially, not just a face.
Sorry, it's not attractive.
Why can't they just get temporary paint-on tatoos? Like we used to get out of Cracker Jacks?
That said, I do like alot of people who have tatoos; indeed, alot are great conservatives. I just think that they made a bad choice.
I read your "152"..... not so bad!
But you reminded me of a TRUE situation..from a few years ago..
I had to drop into the nearest store - a Target - to buy some batteries for my camera. It was just before Halloween - and the battery section was near the costume section...
I heard a little girls voice, from across the corridor -- "Please Mom, I don't want to look like a whore for Halloween".... I just had to look around the corner - to see the costume the MOM was holding us for the about 8 year old girl's opinion...
The little girl was right -- and obviously had more sense than the mom.
Now, one needs to wonder how did an 8yo learn about the word and meaning of "whore"?
Semper Fi
Why is it women almost always outnumber men in churches, period? Not only in membership, but in clubs, duties, classes, everything?
No, I have no numbers, but I've seen stats. And I, too, have "experienced" it.
You can't forget Rosie O'Doughnut.
This is not good news for the children.
yeah, I'd rather look at some of those than the mona lisa.
now, it might be a toss-up against degas, but that's a different story.
Yep.....
Those proud eagles looking up, on the posteriors of young girls today -- are going to look like wrinkled old vultures looking down upon carrion below the belt line when those young girls sag with age..
Semper Fi
Seek help.......before it too late!
Semper Fi
You're right of course....
There are exceptions to most "rules"..
More often that not --- the package hangs together..
The pattern is all too frequently observed..
Semper Fi
How old is the Mona Lisa? And how long have those girls had their tatoos? Check back with any of them in 10 to 20 years and see which you prefer.
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