http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marriage-rates-at-all-time-low-why/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marriage-rates-at-all-time-lo... A new report shows the curre

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marriage-rates-at-all-time-low-why/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marriage-rates-at-all-time-lo... A new report shows the current number of married adults has dropped to a record low of 51 percent. That's not the only trend changing. Americans are getting married for the first time at older ages than ever before. The crazy person might think the reason divorce rates have dropped is a combination of marriage rates decreasing coupled with the ones who do marry do it when they're older and presumably wiser and more mature. Not only that, but for years now I've seen people talking about men not marrying because they get no real benefit out of marriage, but take on all the risks. And while I don't have any statistics on the matter, as a man who has made the decision not to marry myself, this really resonates with me as to my thinking when I first made the decision back in my college days. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/09/24/decline_of_marriage_pew_shows_there_aren_t_enough_marriageable_men.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/09/24/decline_of_ma... Where are your statistics that the spike in divorces in the 70's and 80's were due to woman being empowered? You make the claim, but not even the link you posted bears that out. Here's a quote from your link: But it also seems to be the case that marriages have gotten more stable, as people are marrying later. Even it attributes it to people marrying later (which makes sense). Furthermore, the poster you were responding to was obviously talking about more than simply alimony. They were talking about things like child support as well. When you see people talking about marriage having all the risks but none of the rewards this is what they're talking about. Can you please get some actual statistics to backup your claim? Because not even the articles you linked appear to agree with you.