Busting the Myths of Marriage — Why Getting Hitched Still Matters

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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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 From all corners of our culture and from both ends of the ideological spectrum come messages that marriage is an outdated institution, that it hinders financial success and personal fulfillment, and that it's even unimportant when it comes to raising kids.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 from what's born out by the data. Dr. Brad Wilcox is a sociologist who heads the nonpartisan National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, which studies marriage and family life. He's also the author of Get Married. Today on the show, Brad discusses the latest research on marriage and how it belies the common narratives around the institution. We dig into the popular myths around marriage, and how it not only boosts your finances, but predicts happiness in life better than any other factor. Brad also shares the five pillars of marriage that happy couples embrace.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.4	The marriage rate has come down 65% since 1970.
0:16.0	There are multiple factors behind this decrease, but one of them is what we might call the poor
0:20.0	branding that surrounds marriage in the modern day.
0:23.0	From all corners of our culture and from both ends of the ideological spectrum come messages
0:27.3	that marriage is an outdated institution that it hinders financial success and personal
0:31.6	fulfillment that it's even unimportant when it comes to raising kids. financial success and personal fulfillment,
0:32.5	that it's even unimportant when it comes to raising kids.
0:35.5	My guests would say that these ideas about marriage are very wrong.
0:38.5	And he doesn't come at it from an emotionally driven perspective,
0:41.0	but from what's borne out by the data.
0:43.0	Dr. Brad Wilcox is a sociologist who heads the non-partisan National Marriage Project
0:47.8	at the University of Virginia, which studies marriage and family life.
0:51.0	He's also the author of Get Married.
0:53.2	Tain the show, Brad discusses the latest research on marriage and how
0:56.8	belies the common narratives around the institution. We dig into the
1:00.3	popular misaround marriage and how it not only boost your finances but predicts
1:03.7	happiness in life better than any other factor.
1:06.4	Brad also shares the five pillars of marriage that happy couples embrace.
1:10.2	After the show's over check at our show notes at Awim. I.S. slash marriage. All right, Brad Wilcox, welcome back to the show.
1:27.0	Brett, it's great to be here.
1:28.0	So you are a sociologist who spends a lot of time researching and writing about marriage,
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