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> More than ten per cent of the eligible men today won’t marry, but that will largely be due to the fact that they prefer to remain bachelors. I'm sure that's
by xethos 3y ago
> More than ten per cent of the eligible men today won’t marry, but that will largely be due to the fact that they prefer to remain bachelors.
I'm sure that's the full story on why they won't marry, 1940's era author ;)
- Aachen 3y agoNot sure what this is getting at
- readthenotes1 3y agoGay marriage wasn't legal back then
- jedberg 3y agoIt's worse than that. Back then being gay wasn't even legal, much less gay marriage.
- chongli 3y agoOnly about 2-3% of men report being gay in western countries today. “Over ten percent” is a much larger number.
- jedberg 3y agoBecause there is still a stigma to it and there are still many men who hide that part of their identity (and women too). And also because being gay obviously isn't the only reason men stay single.
- auveair 3y agoYou can also be Bi, Pansexual, Asexual, Queer, etc > "In 2021, Ipsos interviewed people in 27 countries spanning all continents on their sexual orientation and gender identity. For some countries the samples were weighed for representativity, but in others with less internet access, they skewed more urban. In this survey, 80% of people worldwide identified as heterosexual, 3% as homosexual, 4% as bisexual, and 1% each as pansexual, asexual, and other. Results indicated that significant differences in sexual identity have emerged between generations across the globe, with the youngest group, or Generation Z, being more likely to identify as bisexual (9%) than Millennials (4%), Generation X (3%) and Boomers (2%). Generation Z and Millennials were also more likely to identify as homosexual, with 4% and 3% doing so respectively, compared to 2% of Generation X and 1% of Boomers."
- chongli 3y agoBi, Pansexual, Asexual, Queer Sure, but then it may be less likely for those who do to "prefer to remain a bachelor." Heck, it was not uncommon even for gay men to get married back then. My point is: we shouldn't assume that the only reason for men to "prefer to remain a bachelor" is their sexuality and in so doing assume all of those 10% of men are LGBTQ+.
- drewcoo 3y agoGay men often "took beards." https://thewisdomdaily.com/are-you-a-beard/ https://thewisdomdaily.com/are-you-a-beard/
- wafflemaker 3y agoMen who choose men over women, like Alan Turing, Freddie Mercury, George Michael
- flir 3y agoI think that might be what the 1940s author is saying. (See: "confirmed bachelor")
- science4sail 3y agoYeah, they definitely allude to it: "Other young people—both male and female—were separated so long from contact with the opposite sex that they developed—or feared they had developed—unnatural feelings toward members of the same sex; or thought they lost the knack of making themselves seem attractive to girls or men, whichever the opposite may be."