Category Archives: Finding a Spouse

Another crack in the narrative

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

NY Magazine’s The Cut has a new article out on a topic which is rapidly making the rounds:  Meet the SWUGs of Yale: Women ‘Washed Up’ at 21 The striking feature image shows a coed with the tell-tale dead in … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Choice Addiction, Death of courtship, Finding a Spouse | 200 Comments

This won’t end well.

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

The Atlantic has a piece out by Leslie C. Bell titled Women in Their 20s Shouldn’t Feel Bad About Wanting a Boyfriend (H/T Free Northerner).  Ms. Bell takes issue with Hanna Rosin’s assertion in Boys on the Side that young women … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Choice Addiction, Death of courtship, Finding a Spouse | 298 Comments

Custody Demographics

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

I was curious about the demographics of family structure so I put together some more charts from the same data set as the last post.  I’ve created two charts for each category, with the first showing the percentage of children … Continue reading →

Posted in Child Custody, Data, Fatherhood, Finding a Spouse, Motherhood | 55 Comments

Suzanne Venker on what men are good for.

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

A year ago Suzanne Venker famously asked:  Marriage: What’s in It for Men? …we must retract the message Boomers sent young women about female empowerment. Indeed, it isn’t a coincidence that marriage rates have plummeted alongside America’s fascination with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminists, Finding a Spouse, Marriage, Solipsism | 189 Comments

More grim news for carousellers hoping to jump at the last minute.

Posted on November 24, 2012 by

Ever since my post in June Never marrieds piling up I’ve been curious what the data would look like for 2012.  The US Census has the data posted, and I’ve updated the charts.  I’ve also added two new charts at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Data, Finding a Spouse | 305 Comments