Is marriage that bad for women?
One of the things that keeps coming back, from feminist spaces, is how awful marriage is for women. It's hard to know what drives this narrative but it's something that keeps coming back repetetively for example in South Korea's 4b movement. The 4b movement, if you have been on another planet and not heard of it, is about decentering men and involves the following tenants:
- No sex with men
- No giving birth
- No dating men
- No marriage to men
Let's start by taking a look at the often quoted statistic that female suicide rates dropoed 20% when no fault divorce was legalised in 1970. Many radical feminist will throw this out when discussing how bad marriage is for women.
Looking at Statistic there was indeed a 20% drop, in the 1970s of female suicide rates and yes California was the first to legalise no fault divorce in 1969. We do know though, that the devil is in the detail, and feminists have a rich history of cherry picking the stats they want to support their case. The 20% drop is there, but it also ignores the 20% surge just before, so really the drop is the rate simply returning back to normal.


As for who is unhappiest ? Let's not even start talking about the male suicide rate....
Feminists are very keen on selectively taking stats to backup their arguments, and their core argument here is that marriage is dubious. The reason they think this, if the truth to be told in my opinion, is because misandry is rife in feminist spaces. Women marrying men is bad and they'll bring up all sorts of stats to prove this.
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