In the Western World the number of single women over 30 is increasing every year rapidly . Divorce rates sky rocket and the model of the traditional nuclear family is outdated.
Today's women spend their twenties studying, partying and riding the cock carousel . Then she reaches age 29 and suddenly finds her inner housewife/cookie baker. But then is too late.
Yes, a woman can do all these things just as well as a man, but the snag is hat they add nothing to her prospects for marriage: literally nothing.
On the contrary, she reduces her chances in two ways. First is the opportunity cost of the years spent building her career, studying or partying. Second, because a woman usually has a natural desire to marry a man of higher status than herself (it's called hypergamy ), her career success dramatically reduces the number of men she will see as potential husbands.
I predict a cat lady epidemic of catastrophic proportions in the next thirty years because of the strange phenomenon whereby women look for a husband after their physical prime.
How do you think is this phenomenom developing in Switzerland?
between the spinsterhood and illegitimate children reading EF is like a Barbara Cartland novel this week!
as a wife and mother with many spinster friends I admit to envying them constantly - what they buy, what they read, where they holiday (and with whom) - sometimes they invite me and i can taste how the 'other half' lives - and boy do they live...
Hmmm. What about a guy who becomes frustrated and irrational when his woman is more successful then he is? What is that called?
I am sure what you say is right about some women. But i am also sure there are plenty of women who would not mind a caring man by her side even if the "status" does'n fit But in that case you sometimes get the negative reaction of the man who feels hurt in his ego.
Things simply change, it doesn't mean it's a bad thing...
Anyways, you have opened Pandora's box with this thread good luck
I agree with the cat thing, odd. Very odd. Everyone should get a dog. Or two.
Things will be ok for the world.
It might actually be the fact that the dream of getting married early to the prince one can rely on, raising a family while career waits, completely dependent, is not longer possible nor maybe desirable for quite a few women I know.
I know of several women who were sexy and attractive when they were younger and were accustomed to having any man obey any of their whims. But now - even with botox - they have come to realise that men no longer jump to fix all their problems. They are feeling betrayed, lonely and depressive.
Lets be charitable and say the OP is flying a kite....
Regardless... the stats are there .. there are more single households in North West Europe and N.America than ever before.
It's pointless to debate 'why'.. the interesting questions are around the possible consequences. Dipping birthrates.. a 'population bubble' of older aged citizens.. And potential investment opportunities ... catfood futures... wacky hair dyes.. corsets (not the nice ones)...fixing plugs/lights/anything electrical.. dating sites for cougars