Anecdotally (according older people I know) having a supply of regular sex was way more difficult before. More shaming, more religion, less welfare, etc, may ex

Anecdotally (according older people I know) having a supply of regular sex was way more difficult before. More shaming, more religion, less welfare, etc, may explain it. At the time, marriage could solve that biological need. edit: 80+ year old's in conservative Europe