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Maggie Gallagher: Why do women cohabit with unemployed men?

By Alliance Alert

Maggie Gallagher writing at uExpress.com: "Why do women agree to take in, nurture and economically support men who are not gainfully employed? . . . We once lived in an economy that favored men and disfavored women in education and jobs. Today, the majority of college graduates and even Ph.D.s are women . . . As we increasingly produce economically (but not sexually) dysfunctional men, women are increasingly left with poor sexual choices: celibacy, serial sexual relationships or cohabitation with underemployed men. What seems out of reach is the kind of marriage the vast majority of our mothers could look forward to: marriage with a man who A. worked hard, B. was willing to give his income to his wife and children, C. believed in sexual fidelity (whether or not he succeeded), and D. didn't abandon his wife or children."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on October 08, 2010 (boomark / email).