There has been an abundance of examination of the erosion of maturity in our society. Joseph Epstein's 2004 essay for Commentary entitled "The Perpetual Adloscent" contributed much to the conversation, as did Diana West's 2007 book Death of the Grown-Up.
Pundit & Pundette weigh in with a link-rich post on the subject. It specifically looks at the modern status of marriage as a superfluous institution as a major factor.
Methinks you and your cited essayists are merely accentuating the negative. I do not find this true at all in my own progeny or their friends. But I know I certainly stand accused, but for the grace of my wife there perhaps goeth I...
ReplyDeleteAnd of course you know we are no longer moving towards matriarchy, we are there, for better or ill, perhaps with some growing pains. That women have been outnumbering (and outperforming) men in scholatic achievement, attendance at college and post graduate levels has been evident for a couple of decades now. Did they finally bust our balls?
ReplyDeleteYou have a point, there, Bobby's Boy. See Christina Hoff Summers's THe War Against Boys.
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