To put it another way, there may be a sizable minority of men who want children AND full-time housewives.
On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 12:35:30 PM UTC-5, Lenona wrote:give him everything he really can't get on his own.)
To put it another way, there may be a sizable minority of men who want children AND full-time housewives.And then I got curious and googled it.
From Esquire magazine, in 2010:
"20% of young men surveyed want a traditional, Leave It To Beaver family."
Esquire may not have gotten that from a scientist - I don't know - but that figure sounds about right.
After all, how many men could afford to support a family of four with no other breadwinner - or would want that much responsibility? Especially when the man never knows when he might get hit by a car and be unable to work again?
So in all likelihood, the number of men who don't want children but who would happily support a housewife is MUCH smaller.
(A lot of men are terrified of divorce court, so those men will say they need really compelling reasons to marry in the first place - such as wanting children, or, if not, finding a woman who not only has goals like his but is also willing and able to
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