Men "not working"

Cassius999 · 2015-02-28T17:34:24+00:00

Are they not working because they dont want to or because there are no openings.

919849134914116 · 2015-02-28T21:29:01+00:00

the media seem focused on excusing, shifting blame and obfuscating the problem.

Credit where credit is due, here the media got that right. Pity the rest of the article is garbage.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2015-02-28T21:50:06+00:00

The labor participation rate for women has essentially always been lower than that of men's, and the disparity is even larger for married versus unmarried women.

runner557 · 2015-02-28T22:02:38+00:00

Our society is heading down an unsustainable path. This cannot continue for the next 30 years without there being serious social and economic repercussions. Most people are paying no attention to it. It's not politically correct to acknowledge such a thing.

Lauzon_ · 2015-02-28T19:05:00+00:00

Another article by a clueless woman demanding that men get back on the plantation.

"(1) Graduate from high school, (2) work hard, and (3) get married before you have children. It is not complicated; it really is that simple."

Uh, no. Men respond to incentives. Not shaming language. Young males are engaging in a simple cost-benefit analysis. Marriage is an incredibly raw deal. What use is it to slave all day to support your wife (and women in general, via the state) only to have her run off with the kids and half your assets the moment she feels bored?

She also suggests that men should be happy to work at McDonald's for a non-living wage. This is essentially demanding that the tax payer subsidize giant corporations. If you want men to work more, provide jobs with decent salaries and benefits. Stop offshoring jobs to slave pits in China and Bangladesh. Stop demanding that the tax payer subsidize corporations.

She's right that this situation is untenable. She's dead wrong if she thinks men are going to get back on the plantation without a fundamental shift in the way society treats men. The jig is up. No more free rides.

(Bob Dylan)

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more I wake up every morning hold my hands and pray for rain I've got a head full of ideas driving me insane It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor well, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

Well, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more He hands you a nickel he hands you a dime He asks you and your friends if you're having a good time He blames you every time you slam the door Well, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

Well, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more I ain't gonna work for Maggie's Pa no more He stubs his cigarette out in your face just for kicks his bedroom window is made out of bricks And the National Guard are standing at his door well, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

Well, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's mother no more I ain't gonna work for Maggie's mother no more She talks to all the servants about man and God and law and everybody swears she's the brains behind Pa She's sixty-eight, but claim's she's twenty-four well, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more Well, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

I try so hard to be just who I am but everybody wants you to be just like them They say "see, while you're playing I get bored" ?? well, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

secaa23 · 2015-02-28T17:03:17+00:00

"It is only a matter of time before policy makers – contending with lagging economic growth that both puts a crimp on the growth of tax revenue while driving up social welfare expenditures – will have to face up to the drag on the economy created by having more than 10 million unmarried men of prime working age not working ..."

thrway_1000 · 2015-03-01T23:53:57+00:00

https://archive.today/4Jx6V

Ted8367 · 2015-02-28T23:03:36+00:00

it is common knowledge that the employment situation for men today is less than ideal. Conventional wisdom places the blame on the weak economy

Conventional wisdom is correct.

Blame-shifting is nothing new.

No, it isn't, is it, Janice?

... creation ... Adam and Eve ... God ... Adam ... shifted the blame to Eve ... Cain ... Abel ... Garden of Eden ... thorns and thistles.

What a strange diversion away from economics and the problem of the weak economy! Janice probably rambles on like this all the time, I guess.

Today’s young men have their own set of excuses for their idleness and their own blame shifting tactics for their failures to get an education and inability to hold down a job.

Oh. That was the reason. The clumsiest segue I've seen for some time, taking us from the weak economy to the standard excuse: blame the men, in this case the young men without a job and no prospects. Yes. Yes of course! It's all their fault and the rest of us can get back to writing speeches for the politicians who couldn't possibly share any blame in this whole unfortunate mess. Just think of how well off we all could be if we didn't have all those young men dragging us down, like we didn't have in the past. Or something.

Title	Men "not working"
Author	secaa23
Upvotes	6
Comments	9
Date	February 28, 2015 5:01 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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