tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post6031623076991991985..comments2023-11-02T09:08:09.242-07:00Comments on <i>Daddy Dialectic</i>: Old vs. New TapesJeremy Adam Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11733669114207985920noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-91997700978277973602007-09-28T17:03:00.000-07:002007-09-28T17:03:00.000-07:00This is a very disconcerting trend. Less because o...This is a very disconcerting trend. Less because of women who are nervous about their newfound position of primary bread-winner -- there are worse problems -- than because of what it says about men, modern cultures of masculinity, and the failure of either to adapt to a modern world of high-skilled, education-based labor.<BR/><BR/>Der Spiegel ran a piece earlier this year that was followed up in the English media detailing the strange situation of several states of the former East Germany: a vast out-migration is occurring, and 2/3 of those leaving for the West are women. I can't think of a comparable, peace-time, gender differentiated migration since WWII. Why is this happening? Women are leaving to seek better employment opportunities abroad instead of marrying men at home. They are able to do this because they tend to be better educated than their male counterparts. These latter, in turn, are staying home, not working, living with mom, and joining Neo-Nazi parties. Not good.<BR/>See: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,485942,00.html<BR/><BR/>A friend of mine who sees the trends reflected in the undergrad population of a private California <BR/>university attributes it to the neg. effect of two things: online porn and video games. Not sure if that is all that's going on, but something sure is.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.com