Grrrr

[dancerjodi]

From Forbes (thanks Aidenraine!), why you shouldn't marry a career woman (a slide show):
http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/25/cx_mn_singles06_destined_misery_slide.html?boxes=popslide&boxes=custom

I hate how people rely so much on statistics. I'm a data analyst, and *I* know that the majority <> all people. I also know that different things work for different people, and some men may like their messier house, or may not want to have kids, or whatever other situation contradicts what Forbes is trying to say.

I'm not a Forbes reader, but I always thought them to be a more professional type of magazine (I'd expect some conservatism and disregard for gay relationships, but I was still kind of shocked to see this on their site). I know they site various studies in this slideshow and all, but this is really, really a case of 'massaging the numbers' to support your own ideals. It also kind of downplays the joy that can come from a marriage that goes far beyond keeping house and breeding.

Grrr!

Comments

Way Too One Sided

[futurenurselady.livejournal.com]

Especially misleading is the statistic about being less likely to have children.

It cites that more married women who work don't have children, but it doesn't say why. I wonder how many women who can't have children and work full time decided to do so after discovering fertility problems. I also wonder how many couples polled have no children because the husband didn't want them or because the fertility issues were on his side of things.