CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 27, 2024
AN INTERESTING ARTICLE APPEARED IN YESTERDAY’S NEW YORK TIMES. IT WAS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE AND HOW FEWER AND FEWER YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GETTING MARRIED.
THE REASONS ARE CONTAINED IN A NEW BOOK BY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PROFESSOR BRAD WILCOX.
AS JANE COASTON WRITES IN AN OPINION COLUMN: “AS OF 2021, AROUND 25 PERCENT OF 40-YEAR-OLD AMERICANS ARE NOT MARRIED – THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE EVER RECORDED. WHILE DIVORCE RATES HAVE PLUMMETED FROM THEIR EARLY 1980S HIGH, FEWER PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO MARRY IN THE FIRST PLACE.”
PROFESSOR WILCOX OFFERS THESE REASONS: too many Americans, too many young adults especially, are either explicitly or implicitly assuming that life is about education, money and especially work. One Pew studyfound that for Americans in general, 71 percent thought having a job or career they enjoy is the path toward fulfillment, and getting married was the path for only 23 percent. We’ve also seen the falling fortunes of men, especially men who don’t have college degrees. They’re much less connected to the work force and they’re less attractive for that reason in part.”
SO MUCH OF IT IS SELF-DIRECTED, AS WITH ABORTION.
THE BOOK IS CALLED ““Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization,”
THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL, DOESN’T IT? I’M CAL THOMAS.
