What I got out of this is that this is a very understudied area considering it's hotly debated by everybody and influences a vast section of the population. Da

What I got out of this is that this is a very understudied area considering it's hotly debated by everybody and influences a vast section of the population. Data also appears weak for cohabitation versus marriage, although there is some, and I don't see a distinction in data between one of the key things with children and without which is a whole different ball game. The characterization of marriage as a prison for the male is likely tied to marriage being aspect of monogamy and the outlawing of polygamy in our society. Dating app data has shown that women will throw themselves at the top 10% of males. Marriage being an institution that curiously benefits the non-elite of men who would otherwise engage in polygamist marriages to match their often multiple dating partner lifestyle in single life. It's not because of some great sympathy towards "loser" males that marriage exists: it's for societal stability and for the ye children.