The seldom talked about real issue here is that of “marrying up.” In our culture, for many centuries most women could marry up, to a man who was of higher social and economic status. This was because both the bottom and the top of the male ladder were higher than the female ladder.
Women demanded equality and got it. Now there are very few men available for the women at the top of the female status ladder. Meanwhile, many high status men are still quite happy “marrying down,” reducing the pickings for high-status females even more.
It seems most high-status females have reacted by getting POed at life in general and men in particular, rather than recognizing that they must reorder their priorities.
They want a trophy husband and will still not be satisfied by the marriage.
The baby was an accessory. Go to the store/sperm bank and pick one out. Now add an adult man to that equation.
This is a life?
“Women demanded equality and got it.”
My opinion is that they also mis defined equality, to mean equality of tasks and work respect. As a result, they no longer focus on where their real talents are and then tell men that they should not be appreciated for the nurturing talents that they have.
This has confused a whole generation of men, and as a result these men are no longer willing to take the risks.
(Present FReeperettes excluded from my opinion.)
You are right, the issue of ‘marrying up’ is a real one. Demographics make the matter worse.
Up until 1950 in this country there were many more men than there were women. Men had to compete (and behave) to get the attention of a woman. They had to woo her. Then demographics changed the picture entirely.
During WW2 very few children were born. After the war there were millions born. The girls born during the baby boom, when they grew up, they went out looking for men who were a little taller, a little richer, better educated and a little older.
Well, there were zero men who were a little older. They were never born. The tables had turned, the women had to compete for the attention of the men.
In the meantime, lots of men were getting killed in wars, in their cars and on their motorcycles. And more than ten percent decided they wanted a gay lifestyle where they could get more sex in one night than they ever got in a year when they were straight. Thus the number of available men got even smaller.
If you think it’s bad here the situation in China is even worse. Market forces at work!
Agreed, while I am only 23 I could care less about the status of someone. As long as we have shared values and get along I would be happy, be it with a doctor or the doctor’s secertary
what blather......