> One important strategy that allows women both to create a safer exit for themselves and to increase their bargaining power going into a marriage is to develop

> One important strategy that allows women both to create a safer exit for themselves and to increase their bargaining power going into a marriage is to develop relatively more market earning power—more market-rewarded human capital—than they would have in past decades. This one is very interesting! Women are protecting themselves from bad marriage deals by getting work that pays more, thus increasing their value. Scandinavian countries are some of the most progressive in the world (equal pay with gender etc). Yet there is a increasing amount of divorces and children born out of wedlock in these countries. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Marriages_and_births_in_Sweden http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...