He mentioned that the pool now has two poles, and a center. On one side lies people interested in sex, and only sex. In the middle are those interested in marriage. When pointing out some of the realities of this mating market, he mentioned something that really stood out to me.
Increasingly, women have shifted from marriage as a need to marriage as a want. With this reality comes the ability for women to be pickier in their selection of partners. Later on, he mentions that the marriage rate is steadily declining in America.
The interesting portion of this what Ragnerus attributed it to. He speculated two hypothesis. The second is the rise of pornography. Men are able to find reasonable amounts of satisfaction through porn which may contribute to a lack of relational motivation.
Obviously the redemptive indicatives are many here. As someone who works with college aged women, this breaks my heart.
Most likely this is due to an over-sexualization and unhealthy stereotypes in porn, television and movies of lesbians. It is practical, redemptive and needed. This chart was easily the most fascinating. The next two spikes for this age range were also intriguing. Ragnerus pointed out that this younger demographic considers sex as a consummation of relationship more so than any other age range.
