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In the opposite case in modern day USA, black men are much less likely to marry than their peers. The sad cause of this is that such a high proportion of marria
by chillydawg 9y ago
In the opposite case in modern day USA, black men are much less likely to marry than their peers. The sad cause of this is that such a high proportion of marriage age black men are in prison, that the ones that are not have their pick of all the women left. It turns into this: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/02/revisiting-the-marriage-supermarket.html http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/02/rev...
- danieltillett 9y agoYes marriage doesn’t work whenever the gender demographics gets extreme. My favourite example is the Paraguayan War [1] when almost all the men of Paraguay were killed. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguayan_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguayan_War
- sparrish 9y agoEven though the gender imbalance is long gone from that war, there's still an attitude among Paraguayan women that there aren't enough men around and they'll have to share. Wife and a mistress or two is pretty common still. (Lived there for several years)
- ta101010 9y agoAre you sure prison is the cause ? Is the situation any different in Africa ? I wonder if the real cause is penis size. Also maybe the real underlying reason for racism and not skin color or culture.
- dang 9y agoTrolling like this will eventually get your main account banned as well. Please don't vandalize HN.