"About 18 percent of men ages 40 to 44 with less than four years of college have never married, according to census estimates. That is up from about 6 percent a quarter-century ago. Among similar men ages 35 to 39, the portion jumped to 22 percent from 8 percent in that time."
Proves people are not marrying as much as before. Period.
"In the past guys could drop out of school after finishing high school, or even without finishing, and go into a factory and get a steady job with benefits,” said Valerie K. Oppenheimer, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. “But there has been a deterioration in young men’s economic position, and women are hesitant to marry a man who is likely to be an economic dependent."
Why not? Aren't the sexes now equal and gender roles flexible, as the modernist tell us? Before, the man was expected to work long and hard to support his wife and family. Basically, the woman was an "economic dependent". Now, the man is still expected to work long and hard to support his wife and family, despite an ever decreasing pool of decent jobs for men due to the feminist reworking of society?
As a response to some of these trends, many women with limited education have turned theirs sights on “marrying up,” choosing men who may be older, more established and more educated.
So what about men with limited educations? Can they turn their sights on "marrying up"? No, women marry up. If women are marrying up, they aren't marrying down.
Yet economics and education have changed to make things a lot more suitable for women. There is a disconnect between reality and expectations developing. Women want to have careers and make a lot of money, but they want a large pool of wealthy men available when they feel it's time to quit working so they can spit out children. Sorry "ladies", can't have it both ways.
"Why would you want to be in a stable relationship with somebody who is unstable?” asked Ketny Jean-Francois, a never-married 30-something from the Bronx who has supported her 3-year-old son on her unemployment check and food stamps since leaving her job as a security guard a year ago. “It’s a myth that all women want to marry."
Ah, there you go - to the meat of the matter. The welfare state has become the new lower-end breadwinner for today's liberated, godless female. Instead of seeking out males on the lower-half to build a family with, it is far easier for an unwed female to just hit up Uncle Sam when times get tough. Uncle Sam will provide housing, food, transportation, child care services, and police protection to any helpless female who wants to have a family without learning to submit herself to a man. How can any male making near minimum wage provide all of this, and without making any demands themselves on the poor women?
NY Times Story
