My son is a teenager and attends a Christian high school. My experience, and it’s limited, is that the girls at the school don’t view the boys as potential mates, but as competition. It’s about scholarships and class rank. The parents of the girls expect their daughters to focus on getting ahead, not dating some boy. They expect their daughters to go to college and become successful in a career and then, and only then, look for a husband. Well, biology plays a part with the boys, too. If they’re serious about mating for life and having children, then how do these girls looks as potential mothers of your kids? They want to compete with you, not cooperate. Believe me, I know how stupid men can be about marriage and relationships, but the women haven’t proven to be any smarter.
Good point. Courtship is a lost art.
This attitude is tragic.
Women were created to be cared for; these parents are creating a situation where their daughters are destined for unhappiness.
I do believe that men should be trained to leave the nest, compete for a job and produce/care for a family.
Women should not be trained the same way. If they remain unmarried I really see no reason why they should leave the parents' house; IMO the father remains responsible for the unmarried woman. If the woman desires to live independently, that's fine. But not all women should be forced into this mold.
“the girls at the school don’t view the boys as potential mates”
That’s right; that comes when they watch their reproductive organs dry up. When they finally get pushed over the brink (usually by passing a schoolyard full of children jabbering in tongues), they’ll head out to the bars and accept insemination by any guy who is drunk enough to be oblivious to the consequences of a one-night stand.