What are the advantages and disadvantages for men compared to woman in getting married and having a family?

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Answer 1

Women have all the advantages in a marriage; they can stay at home and it's still considered acceptable, they can choose family, work or a combination and it's considered acceptable.

Men have all the disadvantages in marriage; they are expected to support their family-always, they can't choose to stay at home as this is still largely considered acceptable, they are always the "at fault" party when anything goes wrong.

It's not a man's world it's a woman's world. They are the weaker sex, the more protected sex, the more believed sex when it comes to who did what and they have less societal expectations as far as work, education and the ability to support their children.

Answer 2

I don't see many advantages to men or women for getting married, except for tax advantages, and each automatically getting each other's stuff if the other dies.

I see disadvantages for both men and women. Men are still expected by society and some women to be the primary support of their families. Women are still expected by society and some men to support their families outside and inside the home, with some "help" from their partner. Neither expectation is fair and is a burden.

I'm going to try to avoid marriage. The negative societal expectations aren't worth dealing with.

Answer 3

Depends entirely upon the individual, doesn't it? Statistics may tell some people what They want to hear, but that does not mean that You would live Your life by them, now would You?

Answer 4

A man marrying another man will have to adopt along with two women, unless they arrange a 'turkey-baster' baby on the side through a rendez-vous.

Answer 5

Married men live longer than single men and suffer less disease. Single women live longer than married women and suffer less disease.

Answer 6

men advantages:
Officially: longer life, fewer suicides, better health, more sex, larger social circle and higher income. Married men are less likely to suffer problems with substance abuse or other mental health issues.
Unofficially: Most women provide, and most men expect, bookkeeping and secretarial services and errand running. Many women do most of the upkeep of the household, laundry and cooking. Most married men buy few presents, write even fewer letters, and choose almost no cards... Yet they somehow stay in touch with family and friends from throughout their married lifetime.

men disadvantages:
Officially: So long as they stay married, none. You would think being married would end up with a lower standard of living than a single man, but in fact a married man's standard of living goes *up* when he is married, and remains higher than that of unmarried men until he has children. After he has children he can often substantially improve his disposable income by leaving his family and paying child support, but other measures of standard of living decline fast, such as advantages in life expectancy and health status.
unofficially: less personal freedom, more accountability, less privacy and loss of complete control over his time & money.

Women advantages: Higher standard of living, back-up care of children, security.

Women disadvantages: Married women die younger, suffer more depression, addictions and chronic illness and report themselves to be more stressed and to have less personal time than do single women. single women report they have 3.75 hours of free time per day, compared with less than 40 minutes average per day for a married woman. Weirdly married women still self-report as happier than single women. Many more married women experience assault, battery and are murdered each year than single women. Married women complete less than 1/3 of the educational credit hours of single women, and weigh 18lbs more on average than single women. Married women have fewer than half the regular social contacts of single women.

In case of divorce with children, 80% of women can expect to live in poverty for 3-5 years, and 2/3 of them will experience food insecurity or homelessness.

In case of divorce with children a man can expect to lose an amount of net worth equal to appoximately one year's after tax income. It will be 3 years before he reaches his prior net worth. If he has children he can expect that his contribution to their care will drop to 1/4 of his contribution when he was living in the home with them.

In any case both married people get some back-up coverage for the necessities of life, and so actually *gain* the freedom to travel suddenly for their job or make plans which would otherwise interfere with, say, feeding their dog. Periods of illness, disability or unemployment are partially 'insured' by the income and physical help of their spouse. Married people report themselves to be happier than single people do.

I am a woman. I like being married even though the responsibilities are sometimes mountainous and trivial. It is not exactly fait to hang all of that on marriage, since much of that is due to children... But before children I worked for my husband's tuition and spent all night typing and editing his papers, all the way through law school. Even a father gets a lot of support staff type services from his wife - even if you consider the raising of his children of no personal value to him. I feel happy, even though i am not continuing my education and sometimes have no time to properly brush out my own hair, because i am needed, valued and loved.

Answer 7

what is the difference?

Answer 8

omg! do u no how long would take?!