Cruel Hoax! Newsweek's "Marriage Crunch"By Henry Makow Ph.D.June
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y Henry Makow Ph.D.
Newsweek's June # co$er s%ory "&e%hinking %he Marriage
Crunch" is %yical o( %he sychological war wage) y %he *ass*e)ia on
socie%y .
Newsweek *aga+ine wai%e) 20 years %o re%rac% a ,- s%ory %ha%
e)uca%e) /0yearol) wo*en ha$e "as *uch chance o(*arrying as eing
kille) y a %erroris%" e$en %hough %hey knew i% was ogus. 1he s%ory
eca*e ar% o( oular cul%ure*en%ione) in *o$ies an) %ele$ision an)
cause) *any wo*en %o anic.
n Dece*er ,- Neil Benne%% a co au%hor o( %he s%u)y "Marriage
Pa%%erns in %he 3ni%e) 4%a%es." %ol) %he New 5ork1i*es %ha%
Newsweek %ook %he (in)ings ou% o( con%ex%.
He sai) %he o))s cli*e) sharly i( one re*o$e) wo*en who choose
%o re*ain single %hose who (a$our a li$ein
rela%ionshi or se6uen%ial rela%ionshis e%c. 1he sa*ling was also
li*i%e) %o wo*en orn in %he *i),-#0's. n o%herwor)s %hese wo*en
were age 70 a% %he %i*e. How coul) anyone know wha% %heir *arriage
rosec%s woul) e in ,0 years89N5 1i*es "&ela%ionshis: ;hen
4%u)ies Mislea)."
