I forgot two additional things:

As I said, Heidi made an assumption the the 1% growth was exponential
rather than linear.  If we wait 30 years, that would mean that
77% of men will be househusbands.  Somehow, I'm not going to
hold my breath.

The number of men supporting SAH mothers had decreased by
a factor or 2 or so (or 50%) compared to the 1% figure we're citing.
This implies that even if Heidi's optimism was warranted, the
growth room just isn't there because the other women aren't
getting out of the home.

Which is amazing, really, considering all the factors discouraging
men to support such women.  Let's start:

1) Men's marriage liability has actually increased in the last
30 years with women getting free legal aid to divorce their
husbands and child-support liens getting men thrown into jail.

2) It's harder for a man to make a living relative to a woman
than it was 30 years ago, yet, the men find a way to do it.
Many working class men support a housewife on a figure that's half
as much as many career women who wind up childless because
they claim they can't find a husband!!!  I know janitors with
4 to 6 kids and a wife.  It can't be impossible for women
lawyers to pull this off...

Conclusion:

Women apparently need to be dragged out of the home kicking
and screaming and only 1% of them want a stay at home husband.
Based upon these two facts, should we believe the above graph
is exponential growth or linear or flattened out?

regards,
Mark Sobolewski

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