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

[developer.livejournal.com]

If someone wants a clean house, freaking clean it. Don't marry someone to do it -- didn't slavery go out of style?

If I want to eat XYZ food, I freaking cook it.

I do think that some depth on the ideas that when a woman makes more than a man people are less happy is worthwhile, if only because it might point it some of our gender differences and how society still has expectations that a man provides in a material sense while a woman provides in a nurturing sense. But it also means that we need to adjust those -- I might feel less manly if my SO brings in more cash than me, but then that is my issue to figure out. Not a reason to shun the situation.