patriarchy redux?

[kelley]

At 02:53 PM 5/29/01 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Business Week- June 4, 2001
>
>Shotgun Weddings by Uncle Sam?
>
>Bush would use federal funds to promote two-parent homes It came as no 
>surprise when U.S. Census data released on May 14 showed the nuclear 
>family in decline. Still, the striking numbers--married couples with 
>children make up less than one-fourth of households--set off alarms among 
>conservatives who ascribe a host of societal ills to the demise of the 
>two-parent family.

absolutely insane. this is how the numbers play out (approx). haven't 
looked at the numbers from the 2000 census, but i recall that the number of 
hetnuke families is done like 1% from 1990 census. wow. these idiots use 
HOUSEHOLD data. it only appears that the hetnuke fam is in decline b/c of 
the rising number of single ppl living alone. duh. this pisses me off 
whether the cons do it or feminists --feminists used to play with that 
number to claim the death of the hetnuke family. well, in 1990, 80% of all 
children were still living with their biological or adopted parents. hardly 
like that hetnuke family was in decline.  the single parent family maybe 
MAYBE went up, what?, 1 or 2% if that, iirc.:

all HOUSEHOLDS
hetnuke
1970     1995
40%        24%

married couple no kids
30%       30%

single parent fam
5%            7%

singles
17%        26%

relatives living togeth
6%           7%

nonfamily households
2%           5%