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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Sorry, it's well documented.
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My bad. I quoted too much.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
But the decline in the social pressure to commit to marriage has deprived men of the motivation to better their economic situation.
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Is it the decline of social pressure, or the decline of the perceived benefits of marriage? Marriage is a lot riskier and more financially demanding than it used to be. Perhaps some are just not seeing the ROI from marriage that there used to be.
EDIT: I forgot to add (and I also didn't quote it here) that I think the idea of a "stable male presence" as necessarily conducive to raising a fully functional ignores the research relating to same-sex couples. From what I remember of said research it's far more important just to have two parents than it is to have a "male influence."