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"Having a baby for a woman is very costly. She needs someone to protect her while it happens and to help raise the child." UK has a generous protection for sin
by _random_ 12y ago
"Having a baby for a woman is very costly. She needs someone to protect her while it happens and to help raise the child."
UK has a generous protection for single mother and it completely messed up traditional marriage institution.
- huherto 12y agoYou are probably being down voted for the political/ideological implications of your comment. But your are pointing to a very interesting phenomena that is worth understanding. I ideologically favor having a strong social safety net. But we do need to understand what are the unintended consequences.
- wsc981 12y agoI agree with both of you. A social safety net that is "too strong" seems to undermine social cohesion, since the state takes over what used to be communal responsibilities. Of course, in the long term this will also affect romantic relationships.
- lclarkmichalek 12y agoAnd thank god it did. I'd rather live in a world with more single mothers and fewer dysfunctional/abusive/generally suboptimal relationships.
- _random_ 12y agoI should have said "changed" instead of "messed up", but sometimes it does feel like one big sociological experiment.
- 7952 12y agoBetter access to the labour market probably had a more profound influence on traditional marriage.