Category Archives: Status of marriage

Status is a powerful motivator.

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Dalrock

Larry Kummer at Fabius Maximus has an excellent two post series on the current state of marriage: We teach boys that marriage doesn’t work Women embrace higher values, destroying their families In the second post, Larry writes: How do women … Continue reading →

Posted in Disrespecting Respectability, Divorce, Fabius Maximus, Larry Kummer, Status of marriage, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists | 87 Comments

Secular feminists are more honest than conservative Christians.

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Dalrock

Lori Gottlieb writes a weekly series called Dear Therapist for The Atlantic.  This week’s letter is from a single woman who is tired of her married friends coming to her with petty grievances about their husbands.  The article is titled … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Complementarian, Lori Gottlieb, Status of marriage, The Atlantic, Traditional Conservatives | 119 Comments

To everything a season.

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Dalrock

Commenter constrainedlocus observes: I’m still digesting all of this, but I think one question that I have is what are men really thinking in these commensurate age groups? Even if these 30-45 year old women are in panic mode (I … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Finding a Spouse, Having it all, Kate Bolick, Nevermarried, New York Times, Rationalization Hamster, Status of marriage, The Atlantic, Ugly Feminists | 129 Comments

2017 Never Married Data

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Dalrock

After several years of interruption I’m finally able to pull never married data by race and age again via the U.S. Census CPS data tool.  This first chart uses three year averages to estimate the beginning, middle, and ending years in order … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Data, Finding a Spouse, Larry Kummer, Nevermarried, Status of marriage, Ugly Feminists | 95 Comments

She got the message.

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Dalrock

Sarah Bregel has joined a long list of mommy writers who converted their kids’ misfortune into career success.  Bregel used her new status as professional divorcée to get published at Slate, with The work of marital maintenance is a privilege not … Continue reading →

Posted in Divorce, Professional Divorcée, Slate, Status of marriage, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists | 128 Comments