I agree with the reality of marriage for men, but the idealized marriage as portrayed in media is actually much worse.
Find me a sitcom where the husband isnt an overgrown adolescent on the receiving end of serial ‘life lessons’ from his spouse (or children!). From televsion to movies to commericals, men are portrayed as inept boobs and their wives as a nanny or mommy. Say what you want about Father Knows Best, but at least it presented something young men might aspire to.
I understand somebody has to be a foil in television, and since political correctness has ruled out women and basically everyone else the brunt falls on men. Fine, its just another cross men will silently bear- but don’t expect us to run to the altar for ‘adulthood indoctrination’, which is the appetizing proposition people like Kay Hymowitz seem to believe marriage is.
