Marriage

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Does Marriage Even Make Sense Anymore?

Logical, emotional and “happiness” standpoints

Kris Gage

Feb 18, 2018 · 8 min read

Cover art, “Two Hundred Years of The American Circus”

Marriage made a lot of sense once upon a time

Mostly when women didn’t have the same roles and rights as men, and were effectively private property (a societal legacy that still influences our oddly-upheld traditions of a bride being “walked down the aisle” and taking her husband’s last name.)

Women didn’t have access to the workplace, so needed financial security. Men had income, but needed heirs.