What’s Killing Marriage—Unmarriageable Men or Liberal Women?

“There is no debating that women’s confidence in and devotion to marriage is falling…. Theories about young women’s declining interest in wedlock typically fall into two camps. The problem is either 1) the boys, or 2) the (feminist) girls.” - IFS

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Good article, but fails to put its finger squarely on the problem of men being constantly portrayed as toxic and stupid while women are virtuous and wise. The whole culture tells women they are special because they are women, period. Meanwhile they are not being raised as homemakers and wives. Then there are the Family Courts where men are routinely taken to the cleaners. And as 80% of divorces are initiated by women. 90% if they are college educated (often simply because they want to relive their youth, and not for a biblical reason) the incentive for marriage for men is not high.

There has been a war on masculinity for a generation, while feminism is ubiquitous. Many women do not even want to consider marriage until their late twenties, when they are set in their ways and have few years left to have kids. Studies show that many women are looking only for men in the top percentile re. looks, earnings, etc. Most men are invisible to most women nowadays.

Then there's the man = guilty culture. A woman can simply accuse a guy of threatening her and he will be arrested. It happened to my son. She then retracted, admitting she made it up because she was upset with him. She also went and complained about him on TikTok. He still had to pay $5000 non-refundable bail!

The Devil has succeeded in transforming a generation of females into non-marriageable women. And most churches are clueless about it. And yes, I am referring to Christians here.

Dr. Paul Henebury

I am Founder of Telos Ministries, and Senior Pastor at Agape Bible Church in N. Ca.