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in the gender model of man-as-provider, the real disqualifier is the unemployment.
by beaconstudios 10y ago
in the gender model of man-as-provider, the real disqualifier is the unemployment.
- pessimizer 10y agoI'd assert that not living anywhere near you is a similar impediment. If women can find local employment, but men have to move into the cities, even if everyone's employed that's going to affect the number of marriages.
- watwut 10y agoAlcoholics and junkies cause way more trouble to their families then people who are just unemployed.
- phkahler 10y agoRight. An Alcoholic with a job will still be able to provide for his family even though he beats them too.
- watwut 10y agoAssuming he don't spend all money on alcohol, which is pretty easy with low income and assuming employer won't get tired of paying alcoholic. Domestic violence is something that is even more different - living with such person is spectacularly bad idea and directly dangerous.
- Pharylon 10y agoMy Dad was an alcoholic for as long as I can remember. A pretty serious one, but functional. But he held down a white-color job at a shipping company for which he was paid pretty well, and we lived a pretty comfortable lifestyle. He always had a temper - he gave us lots of spankings. By some measures, maybe he was abusive, but he never hit us or left bruises with his belt. He just tending to give out those "whooping" at the drop of a hat if he'd had too much to drink. Then he lost his job when the major job provider in town closed. He kept trying to find a new one, but it was never a good one. For someone that had spent 15 years making good money at something he was apparently pretty good at, working menial low-paying jobs was devastating to him. His alcoholism got worse, and pretty soon he wasn't able to hold down even the menial jobs. Needless to say, my parents marriage fell apart.