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It never says how much the men work, just that they are poor. Another choice quote: "responsible women and feckless men in the poor and working classes" - how

It never says how much the men work, just that they are poor. Another choice quote: "responsible women and feckless men in the poor and working classes" - how are the women more responsible than the men? Don't they know who they are having kids with? And women seem to get something out of having kids, they are not just the victims of men recklessly impregnating them. I didn't quite understand why they don't want to marry, either. The argument is "because the mates are low quality", but at the same time they seem to expect all the services usually given in marriage - doing housework, providing, raising kids... I just don't trust that article very much to really provide the relevant data.

alexeisadeski3 12y ago
The article is written under the assumption - an assumption enshrined in American family law - that women are helpless and must be provided for by a man. Women lack agency and thus it is unreasonable to expect them to behave responsibly. This is the law of the land throughout the Anglo-Saxon world (though thankfully not outside of it). All is rather remarkable when one thinks about it. Women have the ability to jettison any child they do not want (either by killing it [!] or by post birth adoption), yet men of course are not afforded this right.