The truth behind the outdated institution of marriage

With marriage and divorce rates globally close to 50% each way, where is the sanctity of marriage? When vows can be broken, is marriage still sacred?

Studies have shown that childfree single women are the happiest subgroup.

Marriage is a patriarchal institution willfully designed to subjugate women. Why else do wives take their husbands’ last names?

It is the women who stand to lose a lot in marriage. Speaking at the Hay festival on Saturday, Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics, said the latest evidence showed that the traditional markers used to measure success did not correlate with happiness — particularly marriage and raising children.

“We do have some good longitudinal data following the same people over time, but I am going to do a massive disservice to that science and just say: if you’re a man, you should probably get married; if you’re a woman, don’t bother.”

A lot about marriage has to do with compromise. For example, my decision to be an anti-natalist is not temporary. My friends are unable to comprehend my anti-natalism that I have ceased trying to explain this to them. They think it is going to change if I meet a great guy. Mr.Right for me would be someone who does not want kids. It would be a first date or first text conversation for me because I don’t want to hurt anyone down the road.

Marriage may be a status symbol of success for men, but it is actually counter-productive for women who are being fooled into or sadly, shamed into it.