"Gen Z Gets It Wrong
Gen Z popular culture dismisses marriage from two directions: For women, third-wave feminism promises happiness through professional achievement, sexual promiscuity and atomistic soul-searching. For men, the vilification of masculinity fuels a “red pill” counterculture that glorifies sexual conquests and superficial displays of status.
Onscreen “girl bosses” like Samantha Jones in “Sex and the City” convinced a generation of young women that boozy one-night stands, Chanel bags and corner offices were more desirable than domesticity and child-rearing.
But 78% of women regret engaging in casual sex, and those who do so have lower self-esteem. Since the 1970s, women’s happiness has consistently declined alongside marriage rates. Many women wake up at 35 childless and single—alone with their Prozac and Pinot Grigio.
Meanwhile, Andrew Tate shows how many men react against a culture that portrays everything from holding doors to paying for dinner as “toxic masculinity.” Mr. Tate’s playboy lifestyle inspires young men to throw off the shackles of chivalry and seek a harem of OnlyFans models rather than a devoted wife.
Yet lifelong bachelorhood isn’t a recipe for fulfillment or success. Single men are 3.5 times as likely to commit suicide as married men ages 40 to 60. Single men also earn roughly $30,000 less a year in their 40s and 50s, peak earning years.
For thousands of years, marriage has been a building block of productive societies. Despite modern sentiments to the contrary, men and women need each other. The easiest way to build a meaningful and productive life is to fall in love, get married and start a family."
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