Men used to be the one working 6 days and 70 hours a week to support their family. Men used to be the one being draft to loose their life protecting their family. Men used to be the last exiting when a building was on fire, or the boat was sinking, etc...

The status of men was not pleasant until a few decade ago...

Honestly, I'm so much more comfortable now living by my own, working barely 35 hours a week making just enough money to sustain myself and my hobbies in an office and non-stressful job, without being worried about nor working my ass off for an ungrateful family.

I am a 30-something years old software developer, I have an engineering degree but have refused every proposition of advancement in my work so far: I'm not interested in managing a team and being stressed for nothing else than more money.

I'm not complaining, why should I? My life is great! I got to do what I want on my free time, I manage my money exactly as I want and I have more than enough for myself even being a "low wage" earner (despite my degree, I choose to stay at the bottom of the ladder, to keep an easy going job).

But I know that when all men will be like me, the society wouldn't be able to continue and our economy would certainly come to an halt. I don't contribute much to it, I earn little, I pay little in taxes overall. I'm not interested in buying non useful stuff (I have a 35 years old car that works fine and that I take care of myself, I buy clothes only when I need new ones not by trend, I have a 8 years old phone that do perfectly the job, my computer at home is 10 years old and still have a Windows XP running but I can do everything I need on it, etc.) and I'd rather rent a small apartment (easy to maintain, little housekeeping) than being in debt for 25 years by buying a house... I am debt free and will stay like that, not contributing to the economic.

I have opt-out, and honestly not having a family of my own (no girlfriend, no wife, no kids) is such a relieve as I absolutely do not care how the future will be. There could be a nuclear war that kill every humans on that planet in a few decade I wouldn't care at all: I have no descendants.

My life is probably way more happier than it would have been if I had lived a few decade ago. Why is everybody here always complaining about the current society, even though happiness is more accessible now than ever?