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MystikMushroom
Not valued?
When my significant other makes me angry, I go into the kitchen and screw down every lid to every jar and bottle as tight as possible.
I become valuable very quickly!
AbleEndangered
Find me a sitcom like "Leave it to beaver" and "My three sons" that is on TV today that paints the Father or babies daddy in a positive light??
edit on 1-11-2013 by AbleEndangered because: added quotes to tv titles
AbleEndangered
Find me a sitcom like "Leave it to beaver" and "My three sons" that is on TV today that paints the Father or babies daddy in a positive light??
edit on 1-11-2013 by AbleEndangered because: added quotes to tv titles
As for guys not wanting to get married, that's more of a cultural thing - I don't want to get married, and it's not because of some bad thing. I made this choice because:
1. I'm Agnostic, and I feel that you don't need to marry someone just because you love them. I've seen happier relationships where the people don't get married, and they lasted longer than most of my "were" married friends.
2. I'm still trying to find my own place in this world, so why would I want to raise another kid into it? If anything, I'm being responsible by not bringing in more than what I can handle.
3. The fact that my parents got a divorce was probably the biggest factor - lets just say that one parent got a nice payment, and the other had to reduce living standards just to stay alive. I like the fact that when alone, I can control all my money, and where it goes - my salary can't support two people, so my hope is that whatever partner I meet is able to work and pay her share as well.
redoubt
reply to post by edward777
To be honest here... a lot of the previously secure male dominion in society was replaced between the late 1970s and the late 1980s. Today's reality is that females dominate advertising in nearly every sector and pretty much own the entertainment industry. But... after many millennia of us guys bring home the bacon and mowing the yard and repairing the rain gutters... seeing our sisters get some attention is fine by me.
alphaTango
There is a feminist agenda against men and traditional roles in America.
originally posted by: edward777
It seems to me that men are not all that valued in modern America. Look at the facts:
1) Most jobs lost in the USA since 2008 were male-dominated jobs.
2) Most labor-oriented jobs outsourced to China were jobs held mostly by men.
3) Males are going to college in smaller and smaller numbers.
4) Media presents males as either abusers, psychopaths or morons.
Then males begin to shun marriage and responsibility so much that here we get the prediction that males will be pretty much obsolete in the future:
www.youtube.com...
Is this the future? Will only a small number of males be willing to be husbands and fathers so women will explore alternatives such as polygamy and polyandry? Are sperm banks the trend for the future as well?
Finally, is this just "happening" or is it part of a bigger plan?