Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Why Do Red States Have the Worst "Family Values"?

The "red family system" preaches early marriage and traditional gender roles -- a model no longer suited to our post-industrial economy. No wonder "red families" are falling apart.

Why are conservative “values voters” who consider themselves “pro-family” more likely to divorce, and have higher teenage pregnancy rates, than their liberal counterparts?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why are Blue states Bankrupt ?

Anonymous said...

Strict, traditional gender roles are the cause of divorce in which domestic violence takes part. Couples never share anything at all. The wife still stays at home does chores, cooks, and takes care of the children while the husband works and provides for the family not doing what the wife does.

Anonymous said...

Strict, traditional gender roles are the cause of divorce in which domestic violence takes part. Couples never share anything at all. The wife still stays at home does chores, cooks, and takes care of the children while the husband works and provides for the family not doing what the wife does.

Yes, this is common more often in red states, except those that have cities close to the sea shore, which have a more middle, egalitarian view of gender roles, lower divorce and domestic violence rates as well as higher rates of interracial marriage. I'd rather live in a middle, moderate environment than a one-sided one. Among moderates and liberals, especially voters, everything is equal and/or reversed, except among liberals, the wife works and provides for the family not doing what the husband does. He stays at home, does chores, cooks, and takes care of the children. Moderates are usually equal and balanced. Conservatives tend to believe in male dominance in marriages which is why there's more domestic violence in these types of marriages.

Anonymous said...

Another thing, there's even arranged marriage in red states. Parents marry off their children who they think suits the family rather than the children picking their spouse which is mainly for the daughters while the sons choose their spouse and if they end up with a bad wife, they could just correct her behavior by cracking the whip and giving her lashes.

Anonymous said...

And in conservative families, when the wife is working, she must do housework and tend to the children 24/7 so that way she's not man-eating after work.