WSJ - July 8 - There are three hypotheses about the future of women, men and love, according to Helen Fisher.
- To bond is human. ~84% of American men are projected to marry by the time they reach age 40.
- The double-income family will become the norm.
- More divorce. ~50% of American men and women are projected to divorce. However, in hunting-gathering societies, men and women regularly have two or three marriages. Across prehistory, serial pairing was probably the norm—as it is becoming once again.
I did a survey of the iDating industry a few years back and idating executives seemed to agree that iDating may be increasing the divorce rates. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. On the one hand, people are leaving unhappy relationships which is probably good. On the other hand, the iDating industry is making them more fickle and less likely to endure the inevitable rough patches in their marriages.
See
http://internetdating.typepad.com/courtland_brooks/2011/02/how-has-internet-dating-changed-society.html
Posted by: Mark Brooks | Jul 10, 2014 at 12:49 PM