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Why men won't get married anymore

dailymail.co.uk

26 pointsjseliger13 comments

What kind of contract is marriage, if the other party can break it and you still have to pay them?

Interesting counterpoint to modern liberal orthodoxy. I don't buy everything in the article. Even though I agree that the law is stacked against men when it comes to divorce and custody of children, I don't think this is the reason people are not getting married.

Everyone tries to pidgeon hole phenomena like this into their own favorite narratives. Social conservatives will write articles like this. Social liberals will write articles like "Why women aren't getting married anymore" and either blame men for not being good enough to marry, or say that it's a good thing anyway. Those on the economic right will say that stupid millennial lifestyles are preventing people from saving enough to get married, while those on the left will say that lack of jobs and debt from education is to blame.

EDIT: Looks like this story is getting killed in spite of its score. Not complaining, but it's funny that "Why Japanese men won't get married anymore" would probably be on the front page by now.

Quality of content aside, this is an article from a tabloid site. That's two strikes against it right out of the gate.

The problem with that attitude is that "good quality" sites have their own biases, so in order to escape these biases requires reading material from sites that are not written as well, e.g. sites that are sensationalist. It's just like if you want authentic street food, you will probably have to compromise on cleanliness.

This isn't comparable to authentic street food though, it's comparable to the Taco Bell 99 cent menu.

This is just standard MRA garbage.

"This is just standard feminism garbage"? :)

I have zero tolerance for misogyny. Disgusting, insulting article.

Nice job calling misogyny, very thought comment that added something to the reading. Next time provuding arguments might be a good idea.

This article cites facts about mariage: it has went down and tries to show why that could be so, how is this misogyny? I didnt see hate torwards women, just someone arguing that mariage laws advantage women and men are being cautious and do not want to marry.

Source is the Daily Mail which is a ridiculous rag. It's kind of surprising that it's not already in a blocklist. If gawker is auto-killed anything from daily mail deserves to be auto-killed too.

EDIT: honest, the daily mail is scum and noone takes it seriously. Try an HN search for [daily mail rag] to see other HN users give their opinion of this joke of a newspaper.

http://www.badscience.net/2010/10/the-caveat-in-paragraph-nu...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437425

Why the daily mail is evil: https://youtube.com/watch?v=r9dqNTTdYKY

The more you don't want me to read it, the more I think there is truth to the article that you don't want to admit.

You are a typical Daily Mail reader. You'd like it.

Why are you defending sexism?

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