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Re:Young men dropping out of the job market to spend time in... by xor1 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @11:09PM (#13891094)
>Men seem more likely to do this than women because of the societal pressures on them to get a job and run the rat race of dating and climbing a nonexistent corporate ladder.

Women also have more options.

Re:Young men dropping out of the job market to spend time in... by 09bjb on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:26AM (#13891718)
Like marry into money? If that's your point, it's not going to be valid much longer the way things are going, with women dominating more and more of the middle- and upper-middle-class jobs (glass ceiling problem notwithstanding).
Re:Young men dropping out of the job market to spend time in... by xor1 on Friday March 17, 2017 @11:00AM (#13894434)
I love how the first conclusion you jump to is "marrying into money". Really? You know that there are plenty of single-earner households outside of SF/SV, NYC, and the other tech hubs, right? (That aren't rich, if that needs to be stressed).

>If that's your point, it's not going to be valid much longer the way things are going, with women dominating more and more of the middle- and upper-middle-class jobs (glass ceiling problem notwithstanding).

White and Asian women*

Step out of your HN bubble for a moment, and try to think about the existence of groups that you don't normally acknowledge. It's "not going to be valid much longer" just because things are changing in the immediate regions that you typically spend time reading about. There's the rest of the country and even the world to take into consideration too.