Internet Porn Causing A Decline In Marriage

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The institution of marriage is under attack from internet porn. Damn you internet porn! Damn you!

The rise of free internet pornography is responsible for people increasingly deciding not to get married, according to researchers. Scientists studied trends in marriage and internet porn proliferation and said the increased availability and reduced cost of pornography on the internet had a “causal” effect on people deciding not to tie the knot.
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I love how people can make stupid relations where there isn't anything there.

I have noticed that as the years get higher technology advances. There it is the advancements in technology that cause time to continue going forward.
 
More like the guilt tripping of people into marriage when they just want to bust a nut has subsided.
 
More Post hoc ergo propter hoc nonsense ... there are many valid reasons that marriage rates are down (internet Porn probably isn't even in the top 10) ;)
 
Wow, those researchers made off like a bandit on that one. "Look! Free MONEY.", they exclaimed.
 
Will this lead to fewer divorces, since people didn't get married in the first place?
 
No study parameters defined = total BS. I'll be they're all a bunch of filthy milk drinkers except for the 17% that are thought intolerant.
 
I say death is the number one reason for decline in marriages. Statistics show that no dead person ever wanted to marry anyone.
 
Internet porn? Not really. More like the very real "War on Fathers" being waged by the courts and feminists in this country. Marriage is simply too much of a risk for men to take. We are starting to wise up.
 
NukeDukem said:
Internet porn? Not really. More like the very real "War on Fathers" being waged by the courts and feminists in this country. Marriage is simply too much of a risk for men to take. We are starting to wise up.
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Probably more an attack on the family unit in general. House wives are considered lazy. Dual income is the only way to live a fulfilling life.
 
"The researchers"?!?!? WHOM?????
Not one citation to this "research", not one. IF there is any, the author is to embarrassed by the source or just to rotten a journalist to include it.

Let me guess the "research" was done by Oral Roberts University, (no pun intended) or Brigham Young University.......and paid for by some "under-stall toe tapping right winger".

PAGING CHARLES KEATING.......PAGING CHARLES KEATING.....
 
Yeah, right.

Taking a quick glance of the study it has the same flaw that most of the studies that Feminist like to cite. Most of the people in their study is under the age of 30. After you get past the age of 35 the numbers start to stabilize and in some cases even increase. It's not porn, people living together, wage inequality or education, its the fact that women have more options now, so they tend to avoid it
 
Ryokurin said:
Yeah, right.

Taking a quick glance of the study it has the same flaw that most of the studies that Feminist like to cite. Most of the people in their study is under the age of 30. After you get past the age of 35 the numbers start to stabilize and in some cases even increase. It's not porn, people living together, wage inequality or education, its the fact that women have more options now, so they tend to avoid it
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I agree. Women really don't need the liability of a man around anymore. Who wants the drama, rage, violence, weapons, bad driving, drinking, drug use, cheating, masturbation, video games, sports, and the endless slew of dumb opinions? It's not worth it for the second income since the company is bad to begin with. Pets make much better people so while I disagree that porn is really a cause in marriage decline, I just can't see anything bad about people not being pressured as much by society at large to marry some worthless slimeball when it's a lot easier to not have kids and just enjoy life without some sweaty, disgusting fart machine leaving dirty clothes on the floor and urine all over the edges of the toilet.
 
Marriage and relationships aren't worth it. Too many headaches in general. Kids annoy me. Single for life! (As long as I have friends with benefits.)
 
So fucking bullshit, the reason marriage has gone down is cause laws are being increasingly written to protect women and women only, thus men don't bother.

When you're viewed as the lesser in a relationship no matter what, there is zero point to getting married.

Fact is because men are being so routinely shit on, they've just gone and done their own thing, hanging out with friends, drinking on weekend and just trying to enjoy themselves.

I wish I had the studies right now in front of me, but lots of research has reflected this. When you make men feel more and more disposable, they stop giving a fuck and just live for themselves.
 
Marriage is about raising kids and having a family. If people aren't having kids and starting families until later in life, it seems pretty obvious that marriage rates for people below 30 would be dropping.
 
Studies like this are tricky ... first, this is primarily a western cultural phenomenon (marriage is still booming in conservative areas like the mid east and Catholic countries) ... primary factors driving down marriage are probably things like the lack of financial benefit (many countries have removed the marriage tax benefit), changes to a more secular society (there isn't a religious stigma to cohabitation like there used to be), more independent women (women used to drive marriage rates more than men since a women outside of marriage was frowned upon), try before you buy mentality (people are more open to cohabitating prior to marriage because of the changes above), and many other factors ... marriage rates would rise if there was a cultural or financial reason for them too (but that is unlikely to occur in the western or developed nations)
 
CreepyUncleGoogle said:
I agree. Women really don't need the liability of a man around anymore. Who wants the drama, rage, violence, weapons, bad driving, drinking, drug use, cheating, masturbation, video games, sports, and the endless slew of dumb opinions? It's not worth it for the second income since the company is bad to begin with. Pets make much better people so while I disagree that porn is really a cause in marriage decline, I just can't see anything bad about people not being pressured as much by society at large to marry some worthless slimeball when it's a lot easier to not have kids and just enjoy life without some sweaty, disgusting fart machine leaving dirty clothes on the floor and urine all over the edges of the toilet.
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I'm not sure what men you hang around with, but not all of them are like that. There are also plenty of ladies that exhibit similar behavior. I'd say the biggest problem with the decline of marriage are the men and ladies that have 3 or more kids from multiple partners and are still single and trying to have more. Who wants to get into a relationship with that much baggage?
 
What a logical fallacy... The golden rule when analyzing data is correlation does not imply causation. I'm so sick of seeing these kinds of agenda-driven "studies." The "researchers" crafted a conclusion, collected data, and then formulated the analysis to fit their pre-drawn conclusions. This is completely backward to the scientific process.
 
Concept of marriage is becoming obsolete in the modern age I guess imho.

It's too disruptive to a person's lifestyle, the upsides don't appeal to everyone, and there's not the same social pressure to conform to that "norm" so to speak.
 
I don't think internet porn is the cause of failed marriages. It might be a symptom. If a person in a marriage is viewing lots of porn (and likely taking care of business - although maybe they like the stories...), that likely signifies a problem in the marriage.
I know people that are in a marriage that have stopped having sex. Never. It's a natural urge that needs to be taken care of, so internet porn is an easy way to do so.

I'm just a regular guy who has done no research and can't back up my claims. Just some first hand (no pun intended) observations.
 
CreepyUncleGoogle said:
I agree. Women really don't need the liability of a man around anymore. Who wants the drama, rage, violence, weapons, bad driving, drinking, drug use, cheating, masturbation, video games, sports, and the endless slew of dumb opinions? It's not worth it for the second income since the company is bad to begin with. Pets make much better people so while I disagree that porn is really a cause in marriage decline, I just can't see anything bad about people not being pressured as much by society at large to marry some worthless slimeball when it's a lot easier to not have kids and just enjoy life without some sweaty, disgusting fart machine leaving dirty clothes on the floor and urine all over the edges of the toilet.
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Did I touch a nerve?

Back in the 60s and 70s when there wasn't any birth control and social stigma was still high for reaching your 30s and not being married it was a top priority. Now since most of that is gone it's not a concern until their looks start to fade, or it becomes harder to have children.

I think one of the biggest farces with a lot of women today is that everything has a price. Men realize it in quick order but the difference is if we complain about it we catch hell.
 
Please. I'd say the decline is due to a high divorce rate and an increase in loose women.
 
Birth control -> no shotgun weddings anymore -> decline in marriage rates.
 
What a varied range of responses.

jfreund asks if "Will this lead to fewer divorces, since people didn't get married in the first place?"
No jfreund. the divorce rate depends on an initial state of marriage.

NukeDukem thinks "Marriage is simply too much of a risk for men to take."

Ryokurin says "women have more options now, so they tend to avoid it "

CageyMaru has never been married and is certain that "Marriage and relationships aren't worth it."

And ShamisOMally is absolutely certain that "When you're viewed as the lesser in a relationship no matter what, there is zero point to getting married." Yet somehow this obvious truth never had an impact when it was women who were viewed as the lesser in relationships.

Sym believes the research must have been conducted by Oral Roberts or Brigham Young .....
The study was carried out at the German Institute for the Study of Labour (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit).
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At least kbrickley's comments reflect the international flavor of an English website and article on a German research report.
 
CreepyUncleGoogle said:
I agree. Women really don't need the liability of a man around anymore. Who wants the drama, rage, violence, weapons, bad driving, drinking, drug use, cheating, masturbation, video games, sports, and the endless slew of dumb opinions? It's not worth it for the second income since the company is bad to begin with. Pets make much better people so while I disagree that porn is really a cause in marriage decline, I just can't see anything bad about people not being pressured as much by society at large to marry some worthless slimeball when it's a lot easier to not have kids and just enjoy life without some sweaty, disgusting fart machine leaving dirty clothes on the floor and urine all over the edges of the toilet.
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Honey... is that you? ;;)


But seriously. With todays youth. (primarily the age demographics cited here.) being raised to be self centered. I'm a super star adults. And only finding out that.. Oh shit I can barely tie my own damn shoes. WTF am I going to do with a family. MAY have something to do with it.

You want productive young adults that want families? HOW ABOUT you teach them that failure is real and if they want to succeed they need to take some damn responsibility for their own lives.

Otherwise, SHOCK AND AWE they will flee from responsibility once they realize what it means.
 
IMO, marriage is only worth it if you are lucky enough to meet the right woman, who are few and far between.

Otherwise, there's absolutely no benefits in settling down with someone just because it's the "normal" thing to do.
 
You all should apply for grants, the varied responses (even the one from way out left field) have as much relationship to marriage decline as the one in the study.
 
Well isn't this special the study was not even done by a Uni or School it was done by the German Institute for the Study of Labour, which is a lot like the Goldwater Institute here in the states. So they may research something, but it's generally going to have a per-determined conclusion.
 
Grimlaking said:
Honey... is that you? ;;)


But seriously. With todays youth. (primarily the age demographics cited here.) being raised to be self centered. I'm a super star adults. And only finding out that.. Oh shit I can barely tie my own damn shoes. WTF am I going to do with a family. MAY have something to do with it.

You want productive young adults that want families? HOW ABOUT you teach them that failure is real and if they want to succeed they need to take some damn responsibility for their own lives.

Otherwise, SHOCK AND AWE they will flee from responsibility once they realize what it means.
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Ding Ding Ding .... Man I could not agree more.

Women have been complaining about it but they don't really see the issue fully. They like to say things like "Where have the real men gone?" Well, in the US at least, we haven't been raising real men for some time now. We've been raising boys who are perfectly happy to remain boys and don't even realize it. My oldest daughter loves this one guy, he's almost 30 and has anxiety attacks when presented with new situations. Real men call them challenges and typically look forward to taking them on because they present new opportunities to show the world, or at least those they know and work with, that they can rise to the occasion and get things done even when challenged with new experiences that lay outside their forte.
 
westrock2000 said:
Probably more an attack on the family unit in general. House wives are considered lazy. Dual income is the only way to live a fulfilling life.
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Basic economics. If you want more of something subsidize it, if you want less, tax it.

Now lets look at marriage & family.

We subsidize single parent house holds with welfare.
If they get married we penalize them by taking away the welfare.

For working people the income tax penalizes married couples (they pay more) than 2 single people would.

Then there is the attack on fathers. The wife almost always gets the kids and the guy is stuck paying support, both spousal and child. Even if the divorce is the wife's fault, the guy looses his job and she is moves in with someone else, it's almost impossible to get the payments lowered. Not speaking for direct experience buy I know too many people this has happened to.

Luckily I found someone who enjoys being a stay at home mother, and realizes how good she has it even though we have to skimp a little to get by on one income.
 
amddragonpc said:
If one is going to get married, get a pre-nup. Enough said.
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I disagree, at least for me. Been married since 1983, no pre-nup, post-nup, no nups :p

No really, how do you foster a relationship "built to last" by beginning it with a contract for dividing the spoils of marriage? You are starting with a busted foundation, you've built in an escape route. To me that isn't commitment.

For my wife and I everything is owned by both of us. Each has access to everything and either one of us could initially clean the other one out. Knowing my wife could clean me out and that the species has a penchant for doing everything they can to hurt a partner who has done things to "deserve it" serves as a healthy reminder that there are some things a husband should not be doing.

Anyway, this is how I have always felt about it and women crave security, money is universally a measure of security, so as long as she can lay her mits on it she feels safe and a woman who feels safe isn't going anywhere.
 
CreepyUncleGoogle said:
I agree. Women really don't need the liability of a man around anymore. Who wants the drama, rage, violence, weapons, bad driving, drinking, drug use, cheating, masturbation, video games, sports, and the endless slew of dumb opinions? It's not worth it for the second income since the company is bad to begin with. Pets make much better people so while I disagree that porn is really a cause in marriage decline, I just can't see anything bad about people not being pressured as much by society at large to marry some worthless slimeball when it's a lot easier to not have kids and just enjoy life without some sweaty, disgusting fart machine leaving dirty clothes on the floor and urine all over the edges of the toilet.
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All I'm seeing here is someone that has terrible taste in men, and likes to whine, moan and complain about it rather than looking for a different type of man. Remember, you pick the winner.
 
I love MadLib articles....

______________ is causing a ________________ in _____________.



I go first with a simple reversal: Unhappy marriage is causing a rise in internet porn
 
doho7744 said:
Well isn't this special the study was not even done by a Uni or School it was done by the German Institute for the Study of Labour, which is a lot like the Goldwater Institute here in the states. So they may research something, but it's generally going to have a per-determined conclusion.
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Actually, it wasn't even really a study, it's a discussion paper, a preliminary document written by just two guys to serve as a launching point for a possible study. Basically it's like posing a question and checking with the rest of the group to see if there is anything of merit worth conducting real research on.
 
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