by Andrea Widburg
American Thinker
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal ran a long article addressing the fact that huge cohorts of young American women no longer want to get married or have children. This is a big problem for America and a tragedy for both young men and women.
The essay opens with the usual anecdote, this one about a Boston-based 29-year-old woman who has given up. She’s college-educated, financially self-sufficient, and had “a handful of underwhelming relationships and dozens of disappointing first dates.” She’s given up and says she’s at peace with that decision.
The essay quotes Daniel Cox of the American Enterprise Institute, saying that the problem is systemic: