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> Not once in the article do they consider that some men simply don't want to get married. I think it's a reasonable assumption that if men used to get married
by vintermann 4y ago
> Not once in the article do they consider that some men simply don't want to get married.
I think it's a reasonable assumption that if men used to get married/desire marriage, but now don't, then something must have changed. "The hearts of men don't change in any age", as they say. Even if the changes in outcomes come as a result of changes in wants, people don't suddenly want something different for no reason.
- thomastjeffery 4y ago> “Even today, marriages in India are largely arranged by families, even though young men and women do increasingly have veto power, and follow rigid customs about marrying within one’s own language, group, religion and caste,” Basu said. > Marriage is also nearly universal in India, Basu said; in NFHS data from 2015-16, only 1% of women aged 35-39 and 2% of men aged 40-44 had never been married. Furthermore, women are expected to marry men of higher socioeconomic status – or in a pinch, equal. Look at the rest of the world. This is an aberration. It's painfully obvious that there are men in India who do not want to get married who are getting married anyway. How could it possibly be a surprise to see fewer men getting married? That's the most obvious prediction I can think to make!
- vintermann 4y agoWell, that's a thing that's changed then? I was arguing against the idea that men as a group simply woke up one day and decided to be different than they used to.