02-01-2017, 03:50 PM
You've made that claim before about single mothers being on the lowest rung of the social ladder and being persecuted, aussie.
That is not my observation at all in this country. Maybe Australia is less advanced socially than the U.S. in that regard and that's why you and Germov have a different perspective?
25% of all families in the U.S. are headed by a single mother. 40% of all births are out of wedlock. 67% of births by millenials are by women who choose to be single mothers and are college or higher school educated with a good income. Those are the latest stats from Pew, the U.S. Census, and John Hopkins.
The lessened stigma against single mothers in the U.S. may factor into the consistently declining abortion rates in recent years.
But, I think the recent decline is due more to two other factors: 1) better and more accessible birth control for women of all income brackets today as compared to the previous generation and 2) there are more by-choice single mothers (via divorce and planned unwed pregnancies) because there is no longer a prevalent single mother stigma or persecution in this country.
There does, however, remain a stigma in this country against lower income families (mothers, fathers, or both) who need government assistance as opposed to a stigma against all single mothers - in my opinion.
That is not my observation at all in this country. Maybe Australia is less advanced socially than the U.S. in that regard and that's why you and Germov have a different perspective?
25% of all families in the U.S. are headed by a single mother. 40% of all births are out of wedlock. 67% of births by millenials are by women who choose to be single mothers and are college or higher school educated with a good income. Those are the latest stats from Pew, the U.S. Census, and John Hopkins.
The lessened stigma against single mothers in the U.S. may factor into the consistently declining abortion rates in recent years.
But, I think the recent decline is due more to two other factors: 1) better and more accessible birth control for women of all income brackets today as compared to the previous generation and 2) there are more by-choice single mothers (via divorce and planned unwed pregnancies) because there is no longer a prevalent single mother stigma or persecution in this country.
There does, however, remain a stigma in this country against lower income families (mothers, fathers, or both) who need government assistance as opposed to a stigma against all single mothers - in my opinion.