Is it looks? Is it a charming personality? Is it compatibility? No, it isn’t any of those things. According to a Pew Research Center study that was just released on Wednesday, “a steady job” is the number one thing that women are looking for in a husband. And considering the fact that the labor force participation rate for men has been falling for decades, it should be no surprise that the marriage rate has been declining as well. In fact, as I wrote about the other day, the marriage rate in the U.S. is at a 93 year low and single Americans make up more than half the population for the first time ever. This is a very disturbing trend, but it is not likely to change any time soon. In fact, our economic problems are probably only going to get worse from here. So as the pool of “eligible bachelors” continues to shrink, what are women going to do?
The chart that I have posted below shows how the labor force participation rate for men has been declining ever since the 1950s. What this means is that the percentage of men that are employed or that are looking for employment has been steadily falling for a very, very long time…
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4 comments:
Women are going to do the same thing every mother do for their son's. Take care of them.
Yes; a lazy man is not a good trait, not good anything material and surly not good husband/father prospects.
This sounds very much like politics. Democrats are looking for "somebody to take care of them" (Govt), but govt doesn't EARN any money either, so the suckers who actually work & pay taxes are supporting everybody else.
Well, then the women need to look overseas. After all, that's where all our jobs have been shipped to.
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