Where Have All the Good Men Gone?: Gender Differences in Marriageability

William__F0ster · 2017-03-26T17:32:52+00:00

The article, once again, makes some great points about digging into the statistics ( if nothing else ). However, I still feel it's missing something in it's analyst.

How many "marriageable" men are out there that want absolutely nothing to do with marriage, after having watched their family members go through it? Sure, a lot of these dumbasses will give up their principles because societal pressures and "love", but I find there's a greater degree of resistance to marriage today than there was even 5 years ago. Most men I talk to ( and I purposefully keep my opinions to myself ) express a higher degree of awareness of the dangers of marriage to men.

To be fair, that's not a subject matter the article was talking about. Still, I find it heartening that more men today are waking up to the dangers they subject themselves to via marriage.

Ultramegasaurus · 2017-03-26T19:09:25+00:00

I hate how this "unemployed men are worthless" mentality is seen as healthy or sensible.

MagicTampon · 2017-03-26T18:33:09+00:00

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omegaphallic · 2017-03-27T00:08:36+00:00

Marriagable is a stupid idea, do they think people over 34 are banned from marriage or the unemployed?

"78% of women in the Pew study said they are looking for a spouse with a stable job, compared to just 46% of men. "

That is actually alot higher a percentage for men who won't marry an unemployed woman, nearly half, its starting to sound like women are about to reap what they've sown if that trend continues.

Meyright · 2017-03-27T09:15:06+00:00

Don't get married. It's enabling your own abuse.

Instead what we need is 50% custody of our children by default.

In the olden days a man who got a woman pregnant "did the right thing" and married the woman. Did the whole family thing. A relic from the past is that the mother is seen as the primary caregiver. Marriage is one way to actually automatically have custody over your children without taking it to the courts. Sad. Needs to change.

Marriage today is dangerous. The fact is they dissolve most of the time with the divorce being an economic hazard that makes the end result for a father be grim. From custody, a house and shared assets to no custody, payments and possibly inability to own an apartment. Instead rent.

It's way better to prepare and set out for what is the inevitable future from the get-go rather than the detour of marriage and divorce: separate living arrangements. However not taking the detour should enable the father to own his own house or apartment. It should enable the father to take to court the case for 50% custody from the start. It should enable the father to actually spend most of his time and resources on taking care of his children rather than being encumbered by the legal system in various ways.

2017-03-27T07:56:04+00:00

Some people will argue for the Pew approach on the grounds that men are still expected to be breadwinners: 78% of women in the Pew study said they are looking for a spouse with a stable job, compared to just 46% of men. But women can be “unmarriageable” too. Many men may be reluctant to marry women who have already had a child with another man, for example. Yet when we look at the ratio of men to marriageable women defined as women with no children in their household, once again it is young single women, not men, that are in short supply.

is this a problem?

Title	Where Have All the Good Men Gone?: Gender Differences in Marriageability
Author	dungone
Upvotes	43
Comments	29
Date	March 26, 2017 4:55 PM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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