In a Wall Street Journal editorial, Hymowitz argues that the widely reported marriage crisis is limited to certain sectors of the population.
Americans seem to have a lot of trouble grasping this fact, probably because so much public space is taken up by politicians, celebrities and journalists with marriages on the skids.She argues that divorce is declining among well educated Caucasians, and that couples are registering increased marital satisfaction, rather than divorcing, once the children leave the nest.
[3] According to Scripps News Service, however, Hymowitz perceives a gap between the education, accomplishments and aspirations of young women and men in today's society.
Hymowitz paints a mass portrait of 20-something men getting drunk and sitting in front of their Play Stations, while 20-something women get great jobs and make families on their own.
[4]In a commentary on Hymnowitz for the Huffington Post, Rob Asghar, a Fellow at the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, wrote that, "Hymowitz comes armed with solid data and some genuine facts before she starts shooting like an angered Mama Grizzly at the male species".