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Originally Posted by JABOOM
My question is.........why are women looking for gimmicks and time periods to catch a man, why not get what you want out of your personal life THEN find somebody your compatible with?
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I don't think that women are looking for gimmicks as much as they are wanting to spare themselves wasting their time with men that are not on the same page as they are. I am finding that marriage is more important to Black women than most other women and studies are being conducted into the health consequenses (physical and mental) on never married women.
"Using Wave 1 of the National Survey of Families and Households, this paper examines the psychological distress of never-married African American and white women aged 19-35; attention is given to the roles of education and social psychological factors, including attitudes toward marriage and mate selection preferences, in explaining race differences. Results reveal that African American women report higher distress than white women, and this relationship does not vary by education.
The race difference in distress is largely accounted for by African Americans’ women's more positive view of marriage, particularly regarding the economic security it provides. In addition, the more favorable perceptions of marriage held by less educated never-married women of both race groups provide a partial explanation for their higher levels of distress, relative to their more educated peers.