Very skeptical of marriage as being independently valuable. Output is dependent on input. It may be that if you put two people together who have shared values, financial stability, and personal integrity together, their union may be beneficial.
But do I sit here wishing I had married someone in my orbit? No. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders is rising. My generation of young professionals is burdened by massive debt. And the ideological craze that has swept through this generation has had a particularly strong effect on young women. Marriage sounds nice in theory, but it doesn't work if there is no one to get married to.
"It only takes one exception" is of course an argument that might work at the individual level, but not at the society level.
Very skeptical of marriage as being independently valuable. Output is dependent on input. It may be that if you put two people together who have shared values, financial stability, and personal integrity together, their union may be beneficial.
But do I sit here wishing I had married someone in my orbit? No. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders is rising. My generation of young professionals is burdened by massive debt. And the ideological craze that has swept through this generation has had a particularly strong effect on young women. Marriage sounds nice in theory, but it doesn't work if there is no one to get married to.
"It only takes one exception" is of course an argument that might work at the individual level, but not at the society level.