nearly a third of all children are born out of wedlock. As a result four out of 10 kids dont live with both of their biological parents (Chollar, 1993). Delayed marriage and continued high divorce levels will combine to shrink the share of currently married men and women in most agegroups. In the 21st century, men will remain more married than women because of the surplus of adult women in all but the under age 25 group (McLaughlin). Gottman found that a major complaint of divorced women was that their ex-husbands had the majority of power. Moreover, it is still overwhelming women, not men, who are called upon toadjust their work lives to the demands of child rearing by quitting their jobs, working part-time or choosing a flexible job over one that offers higher pay (Cherlin, 1990). Women are also showing less patience with problem marriages as growing numbers unravel the marriage bond with divorce. The decline in the ideal of marital permanence - one of the most well documented value changes among Americans in recent decades - also has tended to make persons less willing and able to make the needed commitments to and investments in marriage (Gleick, 1993, p. 28). While entering into marriage with the utmost care and deepest consideration can only be to the good, it may be marriage itself - along with the most basic institutions like the work place - that continues to need refining (Gleick, p. 28). Todays women, all tooaware of the current divorce numbers, may be hesitant to enter into marriage. I would say were in a stalled revolution . . . women have gone into the labor force, but not much else has changed to adapt to that new situation. We have not rewired the notion of manhood so thatit makes sense to men to participate at home (Gleick, pg. 56). Many married women report although their role has changed when they entered the work force, men primary have kept doing what they have always been doing, thus, puttin...
