Current trends are that Millennials are going to be childless at 40 at a much higher rate than Gen Xers or Boomers.
Here's something I found interesting from the author: romantic partnership is, and always has been, an economic arrangement. The economics may have changed in recent decades, as many women have gained more financial independence, but it’s still about the money. It’s about who does the domestic labour, the emotional labour, the work of healing the walking wounded of late capitalism."
I think that explains why singleness is on the upswing.
Make me a sandwich.
Ping.
“Current trends are that Millennials are going to be childless at 40 at a much higher rate than Gen Xers or Boomers. “
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You DO realize that there were people on this earth prior to the Boomers. What about their birth rates?
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I feel stupid after having read this ‘essay’
Man, there is so much insecurity and narcissism in that article. A great deal of time spent telling the reader how super-duper wonderful she is, and how horrible the male of the species is. Chica, you can have yourself...with abandon.
This is a manifesto of an OLD MAID.
It may be cool to be this way now, but REGRETS are heavy burdens.
The Old Maid bitterness is a short ride around the corner.
Couples who wed after the age of twenty five have a better chance of a lasting relationship
Female, single and enjoying my freedom to be who I am and stuff.
It’s just that I think compulsory heterosexual monogamy is the least romantic idea since standardised testing, and I don’t see why our best ideals of love and lust and passion and dedication need to be boxed into it.
We are genetically programmed to partner up in monogamous relationships. It really doesn't matter if you want to think of this Darwinistically or Biblically: You still get the same answer. Human babies require far, far more time and effort to raise than other mammal babies. This means that two parents are essential for raising offspring; ergo, strong monogamous partnerships are instinctive. You can most easily achieve satisfaction and happiness when you satisfy your natural instincts.
I could go on with this explanation for hours, but I will leave it there.
However, women tend to become less independent when the ol’ biological clock winds down. Not good because most men at their age are married, divorced, with kids, and are not interested. “All of the good ones are married.”
It already went up from the history 10% to 20% for Baby Boomer women.
This is a logical result of feminists denying men equal opportunity for education and well paying careers, resulting in a large minority asking “Where are the educated, well-paid men we’re supposed to marry?”
It is compounded by men who grew up in broken homes seeing no benefit to marriage or afraid of it because an out of wedlock child affects income but doesn’t take half his property, too.
This is exactly what the left wants1
How self absorbed is this chick?
The acceptance of fornication has led to the higher rate of singleness. Of course, God hasn’t changed his mind. It’s just another symptom of a dying culture.
Sounds like sour grapes.
As a doctor, I was a happy single. I made the decision early, because 50 year ago it was hard to be a physician and married if you were female. I made the decision and no problem.
In contrast, she is saying she can’t find a man to fulfill her life, so she now insists she is happily single. That’s not the same thing.
Years later, I got married and was a happy married lady.
Her problem is that she thinks marriage is about her wants and needs. She wants a servant or nanny not a husband.
New statesman is a leftist rag. I’ll believe them when they tell muzzies not to have babies.
Study the effect of oxytocin on women as compared to men. The biology debunks her whole premise.
Also consider whether this author is possibly displaying an autism spectrum disorder. She of course would not be unhappy with herself and would not recognize that she does not form relationship attachments as normals do. The narcissism that you are noticing in her writing is one type characteristic of the autism spectrum, but she could even be a high-functioning sociopath.
At any rate she points out that she is atypical and rages against what other women do, so I do not think she provides an answer to the question of why singleness is on the upswing unless you think there are a lot of girls who also think like this. The “economics” paragraph is included to show her great moral superiority over other women who fall for the “happy ending.” What are your thoughts?
