MLC is rather atypical in many ways -- and mate poaching is more of a traditional cause of divorce.
Switching topics...
Has any body read about the "MGTOW" movement. Its been referenced a couple of times here. As in Men Going Their Own Way -- it basically is the concept of deciding watching flyboys with your dog is more fun than pursuing relationships with women. Not just for some time of healing, but as a permanent way of life. Sort of a "they aren't worth the trouble" mindset. I've seen it a lot mentioned by older men, but starting to see it popping up in younger men's conversations as well, which seems rather concerning to me.
So last night, I was reading about the "grass eaters" or "herbivores" in Japan -- young men who aren't interested in women. Asexual creatures. Some polling in Japan has upwards of 60% of men under 30 self-identifying as this. They have a Japanese word they use -- Mendokusai -- which loosely translates to "not worth the trouble".
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex
http://www.avoiceformen.com/sexual-politics/m-g-t-o-w/a-real-study-of-japanese-herbivore-men/
The government in Japan is actually worried about the implications of this in terms of population growth. Is this the same dynamic as MGTOW, and could it ever get this widespread in the US?
This is the end result of the demonization of masculinity, covered in the book "The Way Of Men". Men traditionally have been the builders and maintainers of civilization, enforcing the Security perimeter that allows it to function. The trade off for Men has alway been that there was always something in it for men to maintain society and protect it. When Men see there is nothing in it they drop out of that society and begin to form a new one, much like Monks did during the Dark Ages.
The masculine traits required to do this have been under attack since the late 1960's. Boys are now are being told daily that they are all potential Rapists/Pedophile/Abusers of girls & women, that their very gaze has such power they should be ashamed of their own sex. Men at work now avoid contact with female coworkers because they know they are only one HR visit away from losing their job over a overheard private joke.
It's got so bad some Fraternities at colleges have tried to prevent any hint of sexual assault by banning any women who are obviously drunk when they get there from entering the premises, only to be told they can't becuase it is a form of "Victim Blaming"...A well know writer who suggested this idea to fraternities in a column he wrote was fired....
So yeah, I can see why a lot of younger guys look at what has happened to their divorced fathers, and watched their Mom go through a string of looser boyfriends say the hell with it and play video games. I can also see why older guys like me whose kids are about to leave the nest just decide to go hunting,fishing, play pool, work on cars/boats/motorcycles and only hook up for short term relationships....
The funniest/saddest thing is that now the woman's movement has got just about everything they ever wanted, women are less happy now that when all this started circa 1970, with 25% of them are on anti depressants....
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