Social Manipulation Through Pop Culture? Anybody Else Notice This?

[nate895]

One social manipulation that has been effective on the past couple of generations is telling them to wait to have children. The truth is, best to have children before 30, especially for women. Stick with the best partner you can find in your early 20s, get married mid-20s, pop out the puppies by 30. (If you want to have kids).

30 is the Finish Line, not the Starting Line.

I say get married as young as you feel you are ready to the person you feel is right. You need to look at both in an objective sense. I don't mean "feel" in an emotional sense (that is part of it), but rather in a comprehensive way, taking in all the factors that lead to a good marriage. Are you willing and able to commit strong, undying love to anyone? To this person in particular? Are you willing to work day-in and day-out for their happiness and comfort? Can you? For the men, can you make enough money to feed two mouths and at least a potential third in short order? For the women, are you willing to sacrifice your career to take care of children who need the love and attention of their mothers? For some people, they can yes to all of them when they are 25, others 30, and some others maybe it's 18.

I don't think there's a one-size fits all solution.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I don't think there's a one-size fits all solution.

There are two usual situations:

- Young 14-21, accidental pregnancy, can work out just fine.
- 30ish, biological clock goes off, any donor will do. Odds are not as good for a good marriage.

 

[american.swan]

YouTube - Derren Brown Subliminal Advertising with explanation

 

[TCE]

I have seen a sharp decline in marriages here and a sharp decline in people wanting to get married, so that's a little against the grain of this thread.

 

[dannno]

Wow just found out about another wedding

 

[Rael]

I don't think there is any conspiracy here. But it's unfortunate more people dont reject state sponsored marriage.

 

[Kludge]

I don't think there is any conspiracy here. But it's unfortunate more people dont reject state sponsored marriage.

It's an unfortunate tradition ingrained in many, and I suspect a good many do it just to avoid conflict with their older family members who would consider two "married" people without a license sinful "domestic partners." On a related note, it's agitating trying not to be prejudiced against gays when they're constantly in the headlines for demanding the right to get a marriage license and serve in the military.

 

[Zippyjuan]

I guess my brother believes in marriage- he has tried it three times now.

Sometimes you can simply thinking about a topic more so you notice things relating to it just because you are looking for it- not necessarily because it is happening any more than it was. Try to see how many people you see wearing the color red tomorrow. You didn't notice it yesterday but if you look tomorrow you will suddenly notice lots of people wearing red. If it is a lot of friends, it may be just because of their age group might be more likely to get married. But the Telegraph UK reports that there has been a rise in marriage rates during the economic crisis. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...409405/Recession-sees-marriage-rate-rise.html