New statistics from the Pew Research Center show that 51% of Americans over the age of 18 who are married are down from 57% in 2000 and 72% in 1960. A frightening fact is that soon married couples will be a social minority.
Young women come to Manhattan looking for a Carrie Bradshaw “Sex and the City” experience and to find a husband. Unfortunately, being single in New York City is “the kiss of death.” According to a recent study, 78 percent of 20 year-olds are females. There are so few eligible guys around—it’s like a candy store for men. To make […]
“Singles” don’t count in today’s society. Being single in a married world is not easy. Policies favor couples, but single people tend to offer more to society. Social scientists and researchers say the plight of the American single person is cause for growing concern. According to the Census Bureau, about 100 million Americans, nearly half of […]
A report published by the National Marriage Project showed that the number of Americans who have children and live together without being married has increased twelve-fold since 1970. The report states that children are now more likely to have unmarried parents than divorced ones. The report also states that the rise of cohabitation is a growing […]
Paris is the favorite European city for globe-trotting executives to have an extramarital affair—according to a survey in 2011. The online survey said that Paris was the choice for extramarital affairs for 52 percent of people who responded. The survey was comprised of 950 – 30 to 55 year-olds in fixed relationships whose yearly income is about $70,000.
Now that same-sex marriage has gotten over a major hurdle and passed in New York State in 2011, the biggest hurdle will be getting it to become a “law of the land.” On the surface it seems that gay couples will be on even footing with heterosexual married couples—but that is not the case. Same-sex married […]