Posted on 01/16/2007 10:04:04 AM PST by shrinkermd
For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.
In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.
Coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of all American households for the first time, the trend could ultimately shape social and workplace policies, including the ways government and employers distribute benefits.
Several factors are driving the statistical shift. At one end of the age spectrum, women are marrying later or living with unmarried partners more often and for longer periods. At the other end, women are living longer as widows and, after a divorce, are more likely than men to delay remarriage, sometimes delighting in their newfound freedom.
In addition, marriage rates among black women remain low. Only about 30 percent of black women are living with a spouse, according to the Census Bureau, compared with about 49 percent of Hispanic women, 55 percent of non-Hispanic white women and more than 60 percent of Asian women.
In a relatively small number of cases, the living arrangement is temporary, because the husbands are working out of town, are in the military or are institutionalized. But while most women eventually marry, the larger trend is unmistakable.
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Maybe because many married women are active in Church while dear hubby is working?
Could that skew the numbers?
so by that argument, because the work is new, kinkade isn't an artist?
so, because I love my wife, and think she's beautiful with all her tattoos, and would rather look at her than an old portrait.. I should seek help?
Woah, you took a huge leap of logic there.
Yikes! If Kinkade is art, Precious Moments is sculpture.
Sorry to hear that. I know it's a bitter pill right now.. but time changes things. (hard to conceive when you're going through the battle) Your son will grow up and see everything clearly for himself.....and she'll be the loser in the long run. Hang in there! You'll be in my prayers... :)
It may just be that some men find most woman a little too crazy to live with.
It may just be that some men find most woman a little too crazy to live with.
How about "Study reveals 51% of woman do not understand how to get and keep a man."
Cosmopolitian magazine says 49% of men dont know how to keep a woman happy.
A past girlfriend got a tattoo of a flower above her left breast, probably because she likes them, but just as likely to piss off her mom. A pregnancy plus a few decades of smoking and too much sun exposure later it is really hard to say what it is. I wouldn't call it art.
Some art forms grows more beautiful with age. Tattoos aren't one of them.
"Only about 30 percent of black women are living with a spouse, according to the Census Bureau, compared with about 49 percent of Hispanic women, 55 percent of non-Hispanic white women and more than 60 percent of Asian women."
I found the above interesting, I wonder how the breakdown goes as far as income with each of these groups.
Are the Asian woman in higher income brackets then non-hispanic necxt down and so on?
That's easy, just say "Yes Dear"
Roflol!
Well to keep a woman happy 51% of the woman say stay away.
same here. I like my marriage. I would never bring kids into the world without a 2 parent household. So many families throw away marriage for what? Because someone claims not to be happy? If there is no violence and no infidelity, stick it out, it will make you a stronger person.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a3b9b364f83.htm
Re: The Naked Communist
Take note of point #25.
"25. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce."
Check through the entire list. It's terrifying to see how much they've accomplished in American in a relatively short period of time.
I don't know I'm kind of nauseous right now...
Yes, could be, but also thinking of "singles".
Your post reminds me of a several folks I know. One stay-at-home college graduate delivered her second child and within months her husband was busy keeping himself happy with an employee. Shoot, now that I think about it, he may have been carousing around while his trophy was pregnant. Problem arose, so to speak, when employee/exemployee became preggers herself. I wonder if The Other Woman wishes she were a stay-at-home Mom nowadays, enjoying watching her children grow up.
After writing the above, it became clear why so many women are single. They either thought they had the perfect man and married him, only to find out later that he's not so perfect. Or they thought they had the perfect man who would divorce the stupid, stay-at-home ditz and marry the brainy, liberated Woman.
It is a sad state this world is in. And the next President of the United States will be . . .
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