When Single Women Roamed the Earth

This article in the New York Times has been getting lots of buzz. The fact that 51% of women are now unmarried seems to be creating enough hot air heat the Hancock Tower. Some people seem to think this is the beginning of the end for men, which is just ridiculous. But it is proof that more women no longer feel the need to be defined by marriage, and that social policies designed to organize people's lives around this institution are silly. Women on welfare need job training, not instructions on how to have "healthy" marriages. And the administration's new push to promote sexual abstinence to 19 - 29 year olds is unreasonable at best.

Personally, marriage doesn't appeal to me right at this moment. But I suspect it's because I received a fondue set for Christmas and I'm in no hurry to get a second one.....