Income influences how women view marriage


The Atlantic: Statistics show that low-income women often face economic challenges if they choose to stay single.

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The Atlantic: Statistics show that low-income women often face economic challenges if they choose to stay single.

This is not to say that all low-income women should marry, that it’s their fault if they’re not married, or that marriage is the silver-bullet solution to solving income inequality, as Fleischer and his supporters might argue. But it is important for the resistance against “patriarchy” to be mixed with a recognition of statistical reality: Marriage is good for women economically.

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