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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The better question is why would a woman get married? My two daughters don’t see the benefit.[/quote]

It’s more of a detriment for women to marry than for men.

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It has been for a long time.

In ancient times, marriage meant childbearing. You either put your life on the line (50% chance of death in childbed) or you were considered barren. At the very least, you were pitied or reviled, but there was a good chance you would be set aside (divorced) if your culture didn’t have a polygyny or “Handmaid” tradition.

In Europe’s medieval period, even nuns in a convent had more freedom than married women. They could read, play music, and even adopt children. No need to risk your life with constant childbearing to some man whose only qualification as a husband is that he made an alliance with your family or their king.

In the 1700s and 1800s, Highland Scots newlywed brides made their burial shrouds the day after the wedding as a courtesy to their loved ones because the rates of postpartum death were so high.

Once society allows women to earn a living wage, they will actively seek alternatives to marriage. This pattern is shown all over the world when countries start to reform laws and private policies that limit women’s educational and work opportunities. Women don’t need a man to support them. They just need men to get out of their way and let them support themselves.

If society wants to counter balance that, men have to change themselves. Stop acting helpless when it comes to basic adulting around the household. Engage in some emotional intimacy.[/quote]

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