My oh my, the public (whoever they are) certainly is opinionated! Blah-de-blah, we like to shoot off our mouths, apparently, about anything. Especially when we can spout off about someone else's business. And the Pew Research Center recently asked a whole bunch of people their very opinionated opinions about a whole bunch of things like marriage and parenting, and this is what they said:
1. Unmarried moms = bad. Almost half the Judgy McJudgerpants "public" (whoever they are) says you and your spawn are bad, bad, bad if you're not married, and a full two-thirds says it's bad for society! But only if you're a mom. There's no word on the dads, so I guess they're in the clear.
2. Premarital sex = bad. Well, the one goes with the other, I suppose. Though fewer people said premarital sex was the beginning of a long and slippery downward slope to the Land of Evil than got all judgmental about unmarried moms, so I guess the real moral of the story is: don't get caught. Oh, and cohabitation is also bad, bad, bad.
3. Children are your path to happiness. 85% of the people gave "having a relationship with my minor children" a "10" in Importance in Personal Satisfaction and Fulfillment. Take that, non-breeders!
4. If you're unhappy in marriage, get a fucking divorce already. Especially when there's kids involved. Kinda ironic, though, isn't it? It's okay to divorce (and thus become a single parent) if you're already married, but it's NOT okay if you were never married to begin with. Have I got that right?
Freakin' public. Who are these people, anyway?
