re: Explain the incel “movement” to me like I’m an idiot

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but doesn’t explain why this group of weak men has increased in size.

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High horse much?

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In the 1950s, marriage rates didn't vary much among men with different levels of education, while educated women were less likely to get married than non-educated women.

Since then, marriage rates have declined much more steeply for Americans of both genders with less education.

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Many couples, particularly those who have achieved a lower level of education, also are choosing simply to live together instead of getting married, and those unions are less likely to end in marriage compared to cohabitations among Americans with a college degree, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Marriage, which used to be the default way to form a family in the United States, regardless of income or education, has become yet another part of American life reserved for those who are most privileged.

Fewer Americans are marrying over all, and whether they do so is more tied to socioeconomic status than ever before. In recent years, marriage has sharply declined among people without college degrees, while staying steady among college graduates with higher incomes.

Currently, 26 percent of poor adults, 39 percent of working-class adults and 56 percent of middle- and upper-class adults ages 18 to 55 are married, according to a research brief published from two think tanks, the American Enterprise Institute and Opportunity America.

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Americans across the income spectrum still highly value marriage, sociologists have found. But while it used to be a marker of adulthood, now it is something more wait to do until the other pieces of adulthood are in place — especially financial stability. For people with less education and lower earnings, that might never happen.

College graduates are more likely to plot their lives methodically — vetting people they date until they’re sure they want to move in with them, and using birth control to delay childbirth until their careers are underway.

Less educated people are more likely to move in with boyfriends or girlfriends in a matter of months, and to get pregnant at a younger age and before marriage. This can make financial and family stability harder to achieve later on.

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Is it oversimplified to say that internet porn is fulfilling a need that was previously only satisfied by physical contact?

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They are both happy as can be. There is a seat for every arse

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