Yeah, that video has been flogged to death, both here and on YT.
Though after my initial incredulous reaction, I started to do some serious thinking about the issue of (men's) careers, marriage, etc..
One of my thoughts was that though men may work harder and more hours to keep up with the financial burdens of extra mouths to feed and women's shoes to buy, my guess is that the vast majority end up in bland, mediocre jobs, if for no reason other than to ensure stable employment and not rock the boat. How many men -- especially the young ones at the peak of their physical and mental stamina -- would work their asses off, take more risks, tell more more employers to fuck off, and generally climb much higher than their married brethren? The married ones are in an impossible situation, a paradox if you will: they need to work more, yet if they work too much, the wife gets bored and starts stepping out or otherwise starts the gears of the divorce machine moving.
When I was young and married, I know I could have done much better (not that I was a slouch), but I actually wanted to be home w/ my wife. Plus, even if I decided to be a superstar at the office, I just could never muster the mental energy due to never having down time at home or simply having to deal with woman drama.
Then there's the tradcon implicit notion that marriage, as an institution, makes for a healthy economy. I'm not sure I buy that. Firstly, the tax breaks for married-filing-jointly and kids are not trivial. I'm sure someone's done the numbers, but I imagine that if state/fed governments stopped subsidizing marriage/kids, there would be much more tax revenue. And of course the item I touched on above: single men can afford to take risks, advance faster in their careers, and likely earn more money.
Then again... smart men with stellar early careers would end up with capital gains income later in life, which is taxed much lower. Unlike most married guys who'll never climb out of the paycheck-to-paycheck mode and paying the marginal tax rate on everything they ever earn.
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Yeah, that video has been flogged to death, both here and on YT.
Though after my initial incredulous reaction, I started to do some serious thinking about the issue of (men's) careers, marriage, etc..
One of my thoughts was that though men may work harder and more hours to keep up with the financial burdens of extra mouths to feed and women's shoes to buy, my guess is that the vast majority end up in bland, mediocre jobs, if for no reason other than to ensure stable employment and not rock the boat. How many men -- especially the young ones at the peak of their physical and mental stamina -- would work their asses off, take more risks, tell more more employers to fuck off, and generally climb much higher than their married brethren? The married ones are in an impossible situation, a paradox if you will: they need to work more, yet if they work too much, the wife gets bored and starts stepping out or otherwise starts the gears of the divorce machine moving.
When I was young and married, I know I could have done much better (not that I was a slouch), but I actually wanted to be home w/ my wife. Plus, even if I decided to be a superstar at the office, I just could never muster the mental energy due to never having down time at home or simply having to deal with woman drama.
Then there's the tradcon implicit notion that marriage, as an institution, makes for a healthy economy. I'm not sure I buy that. Firstly, the tax breaks for married-filing-jointly and kids are not trivial. I'm sure someone's done the numbers, but I imagine that if state/fed governments stopped subsidizing marriage/kids, there would be much more tax revenue. And of course the item I touched on above: single men can afford to take risks, advance faster in their careers, and likely earn more money.
Then again... smart men with stellar early careers would end up with capital gains income later in life, which is taxed much lower. Unlike most married guys who'll never climb out of the paycheck-to-paycheck mode and paying the marginal tax rate on everything they ever earn.
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