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To a western ear the whole article sounds just weird. As if everyone in India is supposed to get married, or else.

krapp 4y ago
Until relatively recently, when progressive ideology began to push back against the influence of conservative Christianity, "Everyone is supposed to get married, or else" was the cultural norm throughout the Western world, and remaining single made you a social pariah and an outcast, or at least marked you as morally deviant, and a suspected homosexual.
- tsol 4y ago
  Many people still want to, they just can't afford to. There are changing norms, and at the same time changing access.
  - seydor 4y ago
    if you count many people that don't truly want to, but are pressured to, then it sort of evens out or more.
- cr4nberry 4y ago
  To be frank, here the progressives are the sane ones
- dschuetz 4y ago
  That's true, but at some point, since late 80s and early 90s, this shifted radically in Europe. Can't speak for northern America though.
  - P_I_Staker 4y ago
    Huh? Maybe the single guy trope (that's secretly gay), but I think we were passed the extreme stigma against single people by then. I think back in the 50s-70s, and it was a more critical norm... you just didn't want to be seen in our thirties with no spouse. Of course, there is similar stigma to this day, but what OP was mentioning was real serious discrimination, ie. like ethnic minorities face, though to a much lesser extent.
- luckylion 4y ago
  And the same still applies, but you can replace "marriage" with "committed relationship". And most people might not desire marriage, but they desire a partner, and they're facing similar issues, albeit the social status fallout is smaller.
- seydor 4y ago
  it wasnt as extreme. Even in the 60s , 10% of people were unmarried. These percentages have doubled since. According to the article in india that percentage was <2%
  - AustinDev 4y ago
    We're at about ~30% in the US right now and increasing we'll likely see >40% by the end of the decade.
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xboxnolifes 4y ago
I'm pretty sure I've seen this exact title before, but with US in place of India, and young people in place of men.

Until relatively recently, when progressive ideology began to push back against the influence of conservative Christianity, "Everyone is supposed to get married, or else" was the cultural norm throughout the Western world, and remaining single made you a social pariah and an outcast, or at least marked you as morally deviant, and a suspected homosexual.

tsol 4y ago
Many people still want to, they just can't afford to. There are changing norms, and at the same time changing access.
- seydor 4y ago
  if you count many people that don't truly want to, but are pressured to, then it sort of evens out or more.
cr4nberry 4y ago
To be frank, here the progressives are the sane ones
dschuetz 4y ago
That's true, but at some point, since late 80s and early 90s, this shifted radically in Europe. Can't speak for northern America though.
- P_I_Staker 4y ago
  Huh? Maybe the single guy trope (that's secretly gay), but I think we were passed the extreme stigma against single people by then. I think back in the 50s-70s, and it was a more critical norm... you just didn't want to be seen in our thirties with no spouse. Of course, there is similar stigma to this day, but what OP was mentioning was real serious discrimination, ie. like ethnic minorities face, though to a much lesser extent.
luckylion 4y ago
And the same still applies, but you can replace "marriage" with "committed relationship". And most people might not desire marriage, but they desire a partner, and they're facing similar issues, albeit the social status fallout is smaller.
seydor 4y ago
it wasnt as extreme. Even in the 60s , 10% of people were unmarried. These percentages have doubled since. According to the article in india that percentage was <2%
- AustinDev 4y ago
  We're at about ~30% in the US right now and increasing we'll likely see >40% by the end of the decade.

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xboxnolifes 4y ago

I'm pretty sure I've seen this exact title before, but with US in place of India, and young people in place of men.