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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's amazing to me to contrast the comments in this thread--where everyone seems certain that women are screwed over by marriage--with the threads where women are pissed that they can't get a man to settle down and marry. Why is it that worldly, well educated women want something that is so bad for them?[/quote]
Because they want children and unfortunately society still shames never-married single mothers.[/quote]

Exactly. And it's just easier with a spouse. That doesn't mean that 20 years later they're still benefitting from being married. Women initiate most divorces and remarry less.[/quote]

So they are misrepresenting their long term intentions or just don't know that it turns out to be terrible (despite the supposed common knowledge)?[/quote]

I think most marriages turn out to be pretty good for most people. I also think men on average benefit more from them after the kids are older and that more women have spouses who are terrible in ways that are harder to ignore or work around. [/quote]

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