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The Democrats War On Women
Title: Bachelor Nation: 70% of Men Aged 20-34 Are Not Married Far too many young men have failed to make a normal progression into adult roles of responsibility and self-sufficiency, roles generally associated with marriage and fatherhood, Crouse, the former executive director of the Beverly LaHaye Institute, wrote in a recent Washington Times oped. The high percentage of bachelors means bleak prospects for millions of young women who dream about a wedding day that may never come. Its very, very depressing, Crouse told CNSNews.com. Theyre not understanding how important it is for the culture, for society, for the strength of the nation to have strong families. She pointed out that theres no data to back up the common assertion that a lack of jobs during and after the Great Recession is the primary reason so many young men have been reluctant to tie the knot. The problem with marriage was long before that, she pointed out. After decades of feminism, Crouse noted that young men are now the ones who set the parameters for intimate relationships, and those increasingly do not include a wedding ring. And I know the feminists just yell and scream if you say anything like this, but time was, girls set the cultural morays, the standards, the parameters for intimate activity. The girls were the ones that set those boundaries. And now its the guys who do, Crouse told CNSNews.com. And its doubly terrible because the colleges now are predominantly female. So you have some up to 60 percent of the student bodies are female. And almost all of them are more than 50 percent female. And so the ratio [of] male/female is out of sync. And that means the girls have to live by the guys demands. And that means less romance. They dont date. The girls, I have talked to numerous young women, lament the fact that they dont have the opportunity to dress up and go out for an event. Young women who adhere to a moral code and refuse to participate in the hook up culture are now considered social misfits, Crouse pointed out. And they face even more daunting odds of finding a husband than their promiscuous sisters. Its really interesting, because Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker wrote their book, Premarital Sex in America, what, three, four years ago. And even then, they were very concerned about the fact that young women today are not as likely to get married. And their prospects, if they are not sexually promiscuous, are really low because the guys, if they can sleep around, theyre not interested in going with the girls who dont put out. The ones who are very serious get married early. And that leaves the majority of the girls, then, by the time theyre 25 and into their first jobs, the pickings are very, very slim for them. And Mark Regnerus was very, very clear that the quote good girls are the ones who are at risk now in terms of not being able to get married. According to 2014 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 7.9 million opposite sex couples in the U.S. live together but are not married. A 2014 study by Johns Hopkins University also found that 57 percent of children born to women aged 26 to 31 are out of wedlock. Crouse says the decline in marriage and a corresponding rise in cohabitation is happening despite at least a decade of research demonstrating the societal benefits of two-parent families. Even researchers from the left are coming out very strongly for the family and for marriage, and saying the two-parent family is necessary for children to do their best," she told CNSNews.com. "Its not just good for them, its the very best. Its the gold standard. Its essential for children to reach their potential. And that has to be communicated in the popular culture." According to projections based on census data, when todays young adults reach their mid-40s to mid-50s, a record high share (25%) is likely to have never been married, Pew Research noted in a 2014 study documenting the decline of marriage in the U.S. But men are not entirely to blame for the steep decline in marriage, Crouse pointed out. A lot of women fear marriage. While feminism is a spent force, the ultimate consequences of that philosophy is a whole generation of women who dont want any man to tell them what to do, and dont really understand the give and take that is necessary for a marriage relationship. However, the box office success of movies like American Sniper, which features a very masculine Navy SEAL, is an indication that women still respond to strong men, she said. CNSNews.com asked Crouse if that means the cultural pendulum has finally swung back in the male direction after decades of feminism. Thats not certain yet, she replied. There still a lot of anti-male stuff out there. Feminism has largely achieved its goal of equality in the workplace, so the movement has lost relevance for young women who are now earning more college and professional degrees than men, she pointed out. However, feminisms effects on the culture including the historically low marriage rate - will linger for some time to come, she noted. Feminism was supposed to bring women happiness, Crouse said. But the research shows that women today are much more unhappy then they have been in the past. Theyve ended up with far more opportunities, but their personal happiness is way down. Poster Comment: Don't worry. Sodomy marriage will fix everything.
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#10. To: TooConservative (#0)
Both of my nieces met their now husbands at Christian universities. The oldest went into her professional career for a few years and then married her college boy friend. They quickly had starting having kids. The youngest just got married right before college graduation while all their friends were still in one place. I am waiting for the FB post to come shortly that she too is pregnant and starting a family. It seems the young Baptists are more 'child producing' than Catholics these days:) So the good news, at least from my sample of family and friends, Christians are marrying at or a just after college, and having kids early and often.
I have two nieces much the same. One met and married another Peace Corps volunteer a few years out of college. The other just got married this spring. She bought a lovely used wedding dress for under $500 and cheaped out on the wedding all around, probably blew $3-$4K on the reception (mostly paid by her parents) and they used the money to go for a week on a nice Caribbean island before they came home to their newly purchased 2000 sq. ft. brick home, built in the Eighties but needing remodeling/redecorating as it was kinda a flashback to the disco era. The other niece is getting her masters and her husband is getting his doctorate before they have any kids. Sensible girls. Both with totally whipped husbands according to my brother, the proud father.
#19. To: TooConservative (#14)
How many white American men under 40-50 are not whipped to some degree or other (the younger the more) these days?
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