So according to this article:
Single men who have never been married are now approaching the life expectancy of their married counterparts.
During the past 30 years, the self-rated health of never-marrieds, both men and women, has improved. Never-married men have steadily reported better health and now report health approaching that of their married peers
Hmmmm this is interesting. One possible reason is quoted below.
One reason for the trend, according to the study, is that today's society might offer never-married men "greater access to social resources and support" that were in the past primarily found in a spouse. These may include larger pools of never-married people, potentially offering larger groups of friends
Or perhaps one reason might be that men are not working their asses off constantly now to support women and children and therefore have more time and resources to commit to their own health.
I believe we are seeing the beginnings of the Roman bachelor problem now. I just wish I was about 20 years younger so I will be around when this all hits the proverbial fan.
Cheers!!!
Single men have not a single thing to benefit from Feminism/The Women's Movement. It is wholly destructive towards them.
ReplyDeleteYa the title was kinda meant as a joke actually :)
ReplyDeleteIt's sort of contradictory in that readily available things like fast food and TV dinners that many survive on are basically killing us all. A division of labor makes sense. Who wants to cook for one after a heinous commute?
ReplyDeleteAlso, have you noticed that the poorer and uglier folks don't seem to have the same issues finding a spouse that those of us who are perhaps wealthier, whiter and more educated?
There is also a component that single men have the time and motivaton to stay fit and likely still have youthful hobbies, like sports, to help them stay in good shape. Married men have different motivations, aimed at primarily providing material possessions to keep their wives happy.
ReplyDeleteDifferent focus.
What do they mean by healthy? Living longer? If they simply remove the "die young, violently" demographic, I doubt there ever was much difference between married and single men.
Male Rights Network said...
ReplyDeleteSingle men have not a single thing to benefit from Feminism/The Women's Movement. It is wholly destructive towards them.
I think it does benefit single man.
In a sense.
Men's lives are longer. Where I live it is like this: Women: 80 years. Men: 79 years. Closing the gap.
Why? Hard to say, but I think that reduced stress is a big part.
Women's heart diseases are on the rise: men's are on the decrease. (told by my doctor)
Men have much more leisure time than women now. Women are approaching exhaustion.
Feminism has put women on the job market forcerfully. Men, as a consequence, are working much less than they did before.
Rebel
Not only that but wouldn't it be fair to say that possibly women's health could start falling since they will now be exposed to the work stress etc.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me no matter what they say raising children is no where near as stressful and hard as working. At least working one of the jobs men seem to be pushed towards by and large today.