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Mister D
02-21-2012, 01:58 PM
I've heard this bologna from several liberals over the years.

The most idiotic reason that single mothers give for not marrying is: “I’m too poor to get married!” Evidently these women believe they’re not too poor to educate, house, feed, clothe, and provide a stable home and an enriching moral and cultural environment for a child on their own. The “I’m too poor” defense, documented by researchers such as Kathryn Edin (http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/kathryn-edin), refers not simply to the cost (http://thepoliticalforums.com/#) of a wedding (which of course is avoidable through a City Hall ceremony), but to the day-to-day institution of marriage itself.
Now comes the New York Times validating this facile excuse for non-marriage in a front-page article (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/us/for-women-under-30-most-births-occur-outside-marriage.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=deparle%20unwed%20mothers&st=cse) on the juggernaut of illegitimacy (more than half of children born to women under 30 in 2009 were illegitimate): “Money helps explain why well-educated Americans still marry at high rates: they can offer each other more financial support, and hire others to do chores that prompt conflict.”

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http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/291459/too-poor-marry-heather-mac-donald

Conley
02-21-2012, 02:56 PM
If people can't provide for their kids, they shouldn't have them. Marriage is part of solidifying the family. I understand folks who are waiting to build a nest egg before marrying or having kids. Being too poor to marry but wealthy enough for kids doesn't make any sense.

Mister D
02-21-2012, 03:00 PM
If people can't provide for their kids, they shouldn't have them. Marriage is part of solidifying the family. I understand folks who are waiting to build a nest egg before marrying or having kids. Being too poor to marry but wealthy enough for kids doesn't make any sense.

Agreed. Female liberals have knee jerk (obviously negative) responses to this sort of thing. I see it online all the time. It's amazing given that women and children are statistically better off.

Peter1469
02-21-2012, 04:35 PM
The feminist movement tried its best to feminize men; now the non-lesbian feminists discover that they don't like feminized men....

MMC
02-21-2012, 04:38 PM
Wonder How many of these liberal type women all seek that fortune and fame in the entertainment world. Bringing that stupid idea out into the public.

Mister D
02-21-2012, 04:39 PM
The feminist movement tried its best to feminize men; now the non-lesbian feminists discover that they don't like feminized men....

I agree with that assessment.