Cynicism about marriage and family (Part 1): a recipe for males

Submitted by David on Fri, 2008-08-22 22:22

Start off with society's treatment of men as predators, as documented in two Wall Street Journal articles: Are We Teaching Our Kids To Be Fearful of Men? and Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators.

Mix in the problems of easy, no-fault divorce and add a dash of anti-father bias in divorce courts. In addition the vast majority of divorces are initiated by women. (It's worst amongst college-educated couples wherein 90% of divorces are initiated by women).

All the above factors in even before you begin to account for the additional wrench thrown in the works by the sexual revolution of the 1960s as well as the legalization of abortion.

Some of the risk factors can be controlled for in choosing a spouse. For example, nominal Christians divorce at a higher rate than the general population whereas those committed to a church divorce at a significantly lower rate [source].

Other risk factors can't be controlled for in a similar fashion. Unlike divorce laws which grant each spouse the ability to destroy the other's life, current child "protection" law allows anyone in society to interfere in any family for little or no reason (while the complainant is often left anonymous).

To follow: Cynicism about marriage and family (Part 2): a recipe for change?

Comments

David

Wed, 2008-08-27 00:15

Consider this example of what can be found in the mainstream press. The title alone is about all you need to know - although the article is, if possible, worse. She's happily married, dreaming of divorce, an article brought to light by Amir.