“And maybe the reason is that these relationships — marriages — were never intended to be mutually beneficial”.
I have started to wonder if the standard view of a marriage can survive REAL gender equality (what most people discuss has nothing to do with real equality in my mind). It may basically depend on gender inequality. The most equal couples I have ever known were both university professors. The marriages never lasted long. They were both pursuing careers, even if they had kids (pretty rare for this crew). Eventually, one would need to change schools (locations) to try to get tenure, or whatever, and the other wouldn’t want to leave his or her job. They would divorce. I wonder if we are basically headed to a lifetime of 3–5 year relationships.
I have wondered if one of the main reasons certain groups had bad marriage statistics was because it was very difficult for the male members of those groups to earn enough to support a family (basically, the gender pay difference is actually less). We may need a completely new model of relationships. The women mentioned in this article may actually be living the future of everyone.
