I read The Star newspaper today, Sunday 21 March 2010, F21.
It is an alarming article regarding the decreasing rate of marriage and the delay in marriage nowadays.
Just some interesting facts for you to ponder upon.
1) "A survey by the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) on population trends between 2000 and 2007 revealed that Malaysians are now marrying later or not at all. "
2) "The average age at first marriage for men and women rose from 25.5 and 22.0 years respectively in 1970 to 28.6 and 25.1 years in 2000."
3) "Meanwhile, the number of those who had never been married between the ages of 25 to 29 years had more than doubled for women from 13% to 29.8%, while for men it rose from 32% to 54.9%."
4) "Some factions implied 'choosiness' and 'over-ambition' among single women as the root of the problem."
5) "Counselling lecturer Assoc Prof Dr Saedah Abdul Ghani of University Sains Islam Malaysia believes that the higher ratio of women than men getting university education (an average of 65:35) is making it hard for women to find someone who is compatible with them."
6) "For women, marrying someone with a lower social economic status is not appealing enough, while for men fear losing the title 'King of the household' due to social stigma", says Dr Saedah.
7) The main reason quoted by women for marrying late is the lack of the right candidate (40%). Refer below:
Reasons for not marrying (extracted only Peninsular Malaysia)
Male - Financial Problem (44.7%), No suitable candidate (19.3%), Career Advancement (12.8%).
Female - No suitable candidate (40%), Financial Problem (14%), Career Advancement (8.4%).
*source from LPPKN *
8) Dr Saedah states, "In the past, women were not highly educated but now they are more independent and are secure in their careers. They might find it hard to get the right man and therefore prefer not to get married".
9) Assoc Prof Dr Rumaya Juhari of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University Putra Malaysia, believes unrealistic expectations on the characteristics of Mr/Mrs Right also leads to the situation "of not being able to find the right person".
I like this the best at Number 10!
10) Dr Rumaya also stated, "They might say the market is really being squeezed - all the good ones are taken, the ones available are either not eligible or do not match the characteristics of their ideal partner".
Well, what is your point of view regarding this? For those men out there, now you have a better understanding on the trend of women nowadays and their reasons for marrying late or not at all, is because they have not meet their "Mr.Right".
For those ladies out there, do you think what is mentioned here is true or just mere inaccurate article used for media publicity purposes? Sharon Tan Li Wei, if you are reading this, what say you? I know you have strong opinions on this kind of topics. Haha.
Seriously, referring to point Number 7, why do single women nowadays have such challenging "check list"? I really don't get it. True that there is a knight in shining armor out there but not every single female is going to be able to find that one knight in shining armor. So why can't settle for anything less than this elusive knight in shining armor?
1 comments:
Because life after married for women is entirely a new life. Can't settle for anything less only the best is acceptable. My advise, remain single is the best!!
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