Do Me

[shinningnite]

...Trend? The CBS Evening News Ran A Story on Jan. 16, 2007 titled "More Women Saying "I Don't" featuring Women like 29-year-old Jessica Cohen of New York. "We don't need men anymore," Here is the link.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/16/eveningnews/main2365036.shtml

On the other hand, Kay S. Hymowitz published "Man Child in the Promised Land" in Winter, 2008 in which she argues that Marriage Rates are going down because SYM's wont grow up, marry, have children and become "Men".
Here is the link:
http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_single_young_men.html

So my question is do men have anything to do with declining marriage rates or is it in fact that Women rule the world and they dont need us? And what changed in a year. Wait do I hear a clock ticking in the background? Oh well. New Girl Order!!!

Is that a more appropriate question?

All the best!!!
Tracy you still did answer my question:
Do Men Have Any Role in the Current Marriage Trend? Yes or No?

 

[heavy_metal_god_06]

They certainly still need us to fix the roof after a storm, kitchen sink that won't have water coming out, garage door that won't open, etc, etc....Oh, and to swat that harmless little spider above her side of the bed.

 

[Ibredd]

Women have no capacity for love, They simply trade for things they want. Note they rarely write love songs or poems about the one they love. With a good job and battery operated device they can make it to about 38 and then they go to councilors in droves to learn how to get a man, but by then the man has developed other interests. Then there is also the sliding age rule thing they run into. If a man is looking for a women his interest will be someone half his age plus 5 years, so 35 year old female will attack men about 60, she want like that, unless he has a bad heart and good insurance.

 

[Tracy M]

I think it is pretty simple. In the 50's and 60's women got married and were supported by the man simply because it was uncommon for women to be in the workforce in jobs that were highly paid and therefore part of the reason to get married was to be "taken care of" financially. The roles were well defined...the men work and supported their household which included the wife and usually a couple of children. Women no longer need the man for that since there are plenty of opportunities for women to have high level careers and can support themselves quite nicely and they don't have to stay home and take care of the man and kids. I believe with the high divorce rate men could be reluctant to tie the knot because should it not work out they stand to lose quite a bit financially. As for the biological clock...there are sperm banks that women can use to get pregnant, so she doesn't need to be in a relationship in order to have a child if she wants one. She can have a child, raise it on her own and not have to have messy custody battles.