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Posted on 06/26/2002 8:38:38 AM PDT by truthandlife
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Men won't commit to marriage because they enjoy a sexually active single life in a social climate that doesn't push them to marry, a new report says. Young men are indeed "commitment phobic," which is bad news for young women who want build a family before they get too old, said researchers Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Popenoe, who run the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. "The median age of first marriage for men has reached 27, the oldest age in our nation's history," Mr. Popenoe said. "If this trend of men waiting to marry continues, it is likely to clash with the timing of marriage and childbearing for the many young women who hope to marry and bear children before they begin to face problems associated with declining fertility," he said. There are several specific reasons for why young men are avoiding marriage, Mr. Popenoe and Mrs. Whitehead said yesterday in their 2002 State of Our Unions report, titled, "Why Men Won't Commit: Exploring Young Men's Attitudes About Sex, Dating and Marriage." The report is based on interviews with 60 single men, 25 to 33, who live in four parts of the country. Primarily, young men are enjoying a sexually active single life
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LOL. From the FR handbook.
Amen to that!
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Could become the only tax folks would willingly pay!
We have 2 boxers and I keep trying to get another one but my wife won't let me.
Tell it, sister!
Who here has not heard a husband complain that he doesnt get enough sex to his wife and hear her reply "you get it more than the avg husband" or something similar?
Because they concoct their schemes in their group trips to the bathroom.
And why I only allow a group of 2 women in bed with me at a time. LOL!
Please don't mix us in with the broads who use sex as a bargaining chip or a way to control/punish their men. Some women think their ***** are made of gold and that the man should be grateful for any scrap he gets.
That ain't us.
A woman can leave a man for any reason, or no reason at all (which is fine), but then also get "half", no matter who earned it (which is not fine). They get the kids, the house and the car. The man gets stuck with the bill, even if the mother refuses court ordered visitation rights. And no, the court will not enforce visitation orders.
When you leave someone, you leave their bank account too. Women think that marriages come with 'golden parachutes', somehow entitling them to "what they've become accustomed to". They'll even co-habitate with their new boyfriend (possibly the one they were cheating with during the marriage) to avoid marriage so they can keep the alimony payments coming. This liability can ruin a man financially, keeping him from establishing a new family.
As Chris Rock said about alimony, "When you leave a restaurant, you're done eatin. They don't owe you a steak."
Women routinely lie, and get restraining orders against husbands for fictitious acts of abuse. This is seen not only as a bargaining chip in the divorce/child custody proceedings, but it also is an act of revenge. These restraining orders completely lack due process or any need for evidence or probable cause, and rely solely upon the word of a an often vindictive person with every motive to lie, and no consequences for dishonesty. The affected men are denied their 2nd Amendment rights in this case, and their weapons are confiscated.
Even worse, women can cheat on their husbands, have illegitimate children, lie about who the father is, and if the husband finds out, even in the presence of DNA analysis, courts will enforce a child support order against him for children who aren't his. Fraud charges against the wife? Never happen.
Largely due to feminists, marriage law has never adopted from when women weren't able to support themselves. What we have now, is equal rights for women without equal responsibilities. If women are so upset that men won't marry them, then they should be the ones lobbying for marriage law reform. If not, then they can quit complaining when their biological clock runs out.
So why would any sane man voluntarily enter such an unjust contract? Marriage law must be reformed, or men will continue to shun it. The unjustness of marriage law undermines marriage as an institution. If things continue unreformed, marriage may become a relic of the past.
Spermicide chemical may raise risk of HIV
By LIZ SZABO, The Virginian-Pilot
© June 26, 2002Spermicides used by millions of men and women worldwide may increase the risk of HIV transmission, rather than prevent it, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Health Organization and a research institute of Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Health authorities are now warning women at high risk of contracting HIV to avoid a chemical called nonoxynol-9, found in at least 18 over-the-counter spermicides sold worldwide. Researchers say the product still works well in preventing pregnancy and isn't a problem for women at a lower risk of contracting HIV, such as non-IV drug users in monogamous relationships.
The ingredient has been used for five decades and is commonly found in a wide range of contraceptives, such as lubricated condoms, gels, creams, foams, suppositories, sponges and films. About 11 percent of American women of reproductive age use products with spermicides, according to Dr. Henry Gabelnick, director of the Contraceptive Research and Development program, an EVMS institute located in Northern Virginia. Continue
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