has a cute little article on Mormon singles. It cites a BYU sociologist who researched a gender factor. He found that single male Mormons over the age of 30 were 5x more likely to be inactive than were single female Mormons over the age of 30. The BYU sociologist is convinced that the Church isn't meeting singles' needs, and particularly the needs of male singles. He also notes that female Mormon singles over 30 are much more likely to be educated and successfully into a career than are their male counterparts, and that this could cause marital difficulties.
The article notes how adulthood in the Mormon community is bequeathed upon marriage. It implies the futility (counter-productivity?) of leadership talking down to grown adults as though they were adolescents, but cites that the pilot study for the disbanding of student wards suggests that the new singles wards should help the situation.
What no one addressed, though, was the video created by three single Mormon women. They were singing a song they had adapted from The Little Mermaid that included the phrase "I need a man" or some such. Someone needs to tell these sisters that singing Disney songs about needing men is a surefire way to send men in the opposite direction. That's man repellant right there.
The article notes how adulthood in the Mormon community is bequeathed upon marriage. It implies the futility (counter-productivity?) of leadership talking down to grown adults as though they were adolescents, but cites that the pilot study for the disbanding of student wards suggests that the new singles wards should help the situation.
What no one addressed, though, was the video created by three single Mormon women. They were singing a song they had adapted from The Little Mermaid that included the phrase "I need a man" or some such. Someone needs to tell these sisters that singing Disney songs about needing men is a surefire way to send men in the opposite direction. That's man repellant right there.
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