And this comes down to the question of “luxury beliefs” where those cultural elites say one thing and do another. In this case (as per quite a number of comments in this thread) saying young people should do what makes them happy and it doesn’t matter if they don’t get married. But in reality most of our kids (who are after all largely college graduates with decent jobs) will get married anyway. While the message that “do what makes you happy, don’t worry about getting married” has much more negative implications for individuals with low income and lesser prospects.
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