A lot of the problems can directly be attributed to feminism, with the ultimate goal not of equality, but of creating a privileged class. They were the ones that brought in 'no-fault' divorce, so no matter who is wrong, that party still can get lavishly rewarded... and the statistics ended up showing 80% of divorces are initiated by women. Women in the vast majority of cases, marry men with more money and resources than them, so in the case of a divorce, it is her who is getting half of the assets, of which way more than half was provided by him. She is also getting automatic custody of the child in the vast majority of the cases and free streams of income via alimony and child support. There is actually now a label called 'starter husbands'
Dr. Helen: The Starter Husband
An article on MSN entitled "The Starter Husband" caught my eye this morning, mostly because the caption addressed to women seemed so ridiculously misandric: "You'd never buy a car without test-driving it first right? So why settle into a lifelong marriage before trying one on for size?"
The article, as one can gather from the title, is about women who marry in their 20's for practice and see nothing wrong with taking a guy out for a test-drive and dumping him off at the curb once the sheen wears off--here are some highlights from the article:
Andi takes a throaty slug of her second raspberry martini, picks at her fish taco, then sits back in her chair. "I think marriage is the new dating and having kids is the new marriage," she proclaims loudly, as yet another woman dining with her partner turns to stare. "It's true. I wouldn't have married him if I didn't think I could get out of it...."
Of course, our generation can afford to chuck the Cinderella story when the glass slipper doesn't fit. While our grandmothers were forced to remain shackled to unhappy unions for monetary reasons, most women today have the financial wherewithal to cry uncle and bolt whenever we get uncomfortable.
Dr. Helen: The Starter Husband
This pretty much goes hand in hand with that 80% of divorces initiated by women statistic. When men go into marriage, most of them pretty much think about going it in for life, especially since there are so many financial consequences. On the other hand, women are free to dally around, can cheat on you, or just get completely bored and bail out with way more than she came in with... on the other hand, you are very likely financing her to deal with other men. The car and house from the marriage, some other guy is living in. It's pretty screwed up out there. You buy her a $3,000 to $10,000 ring, have to pay half on this huge ceremony, but really the woman's family traditionally paid for that and go on an expensive honeymoon... You get put in massive debt for that and buying all of the furniture, but then this girl cheats on you and peels off because she was bored and gets rewarded by the judge with assets and money. THAT's something that will make a man bitter.
Now, you also have rape at her discretion. Rape used to be when the man forced herself on the woman and took sexuality by force. Now rape has been broadened in scope to where a man can get locked up and called a rapist if she merely regrets the sex. How sick is that? There was a story of some girl cheating on her boyfriend and hanging with some guys at a camping outing and she got drunk and had sex with two of them. All of a sudden, after the fact, she regretted it and you actually had people telling her that she got raped. A woman merely has to get drunk, have sex and regret it and can cry rape. That is a pretty frightening thought.
Nowadays, women shun domestic duties, whereas in the past they relished it. They were taught and reared up to be 'homemakers'. Now, they are mini-men, aka career women who find any inklings of domestic duty as offensive and beneath them unless you just have some kind of marvelous game to bring it out of them, and that is something that will only be done if you are on great terms with them. Back then, men didn't have to clean up the house, cook the food or do things like ironing clothes. The women did it. Now, as a modern man, you have to do ALL that on your own, as well as assuming your modern responsibilities such as cutting the yard and the such.
Promiscuity is another huge factor. Back in the day, if you had a child out of wedlock, you were shunned by society. That was pretty much a 'no-go.' Nowadays, it is common as candy. What is even crazier is nowadays you have women with multiple children with multiple men and never having been married to any of the dads. Women are encouraged by feminists to 'explore their sexuality,' or in other words whore it up. What man really wants to wife up a woman who slept with the equivalent of a football team and has multiple kids? The sick part is that you can even be pinged with child support for a child that isn't yours. Imagine yourself dating a woman and you get another woman pregnant, and you force the girlfriend you're with to pay child support to that child. That would seem utterly ridiculous, but it's real, and you have to pay even if dna tests later prove the child isn't yours 'all in benefit of the child.' More like in benefit of the woman, because most of these women use a portion of that child support money on the child and the rest on themselves and then try to mash on daddy, telling the children he is a loser because there isn't money for something way more important than a new coach bag.
The ones who will be very bitter are the ones who don't heed the advice being handed out. They will be the ones head over heels in love with their woman, marry her, find out she's cheating and not only have to deal with the depression of that, but also of having most of his assets taken and being forced to finance the lifestyle of an unrepentant adulterer. You also have countless social networks opening up avenues for the woman to meet men, increasing her chances for infidelity. And you know the game a woman plays. When she finds a guy she likes, she will attempt to keep in contact with him, but make him her 'friend' or 'cousin'.
Let's not forget the ghetto and masculine factor as well. So many of these women never wear dresses, they curse like crazy, don't know how to be supportive of their man, are covered in tattoos, have that cherry red streak in their hair and want to kick up dust in get in men's face and put their hands on men because they are so protected by society. Let's not forget how they don't give up the club scene after they have kids. Instead, they dump the kids on mother or grandmother, or even their boyfriends and still go hit the clubs up for a 'lady's night out.'
The women of today are way different from the ones of the past. Although women always had their womanly nature in the past, it is a completely different ballpark now. Honestly, I'd rather play a videogame than deal with all of the drama that most of them entail in this day and age. Now, you have to deal with the nagging and tests only for no real reward, but the very real possibility of having to give up your assets and pay out streams of income.
fair enough
