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Why You Should Get Married
Online right wing influencers like Andrew Tate and Pearl Davis have joined the progressive journalists at newspapers and magazines arguing against marriage. But what if they have it all wrong? (GraphicaArtis via Getty Images)
What elite liberals and the online right both get wrong about getting hitched.
By Brad Wilcox
02.13.24 — Culture and Ideas
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Isn’t marriage a trap, mostly for men? Don’t most married couples end up getting divorced? And aren’t most men happier when they’re single? 

These are the kind of questions I get from young men whenever I make the case for marriage at speaking events at colleges and high schools across the nation—recently in North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, and Utah. 

I d…

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Brad Wilcox
Brad Wilcox is a sociology professor at the University of Virginia and a senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies. He is the author of Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization (Harper Collins).
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