The Art of Manliness

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Busting the Myths of Marriage — Why Getting Hitched Still Matters

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Published February 14, 2024 5:00am

The marriage rate has come down 65% since 1970. There are multiple factors behind this decrease, but one of them is what we might call the poor branding that surrounds marriage in the modern day. From all corners of our culture and from both ends of the ideological spectrum come messages that marriage is an outdated institution, that it hinders financial success and personal fulfillment, and that it's even unimportant when it comes to raising kids.

My guest would say that these ideas about marriage are very wrong, and he doesn't come at it from an emotionally-driven perspective, but...

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