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Why I've come to see nostalgia is a form of "referred pain." What the marriage and family nostalgia is really about

The appeal of marriage is waning in an age of supercharged misogyny. Can Marriage Survive the Manosphere?  

“There’s no longer a cookie-cutter expectation of what a wedding has to be,” says Coontz, whose new book, For Better and Worse: The Complicated Past and Challenging Future of Marriage, is out in May. Couples are increasingly choosing formats that reflect their own values rather than tradition, she says.

The calculus of what makes for “happily ever after” has shifted.

What does it mean to be a father in 2024? In most U.S. households today, the role of fathers is changing. The “primary breadwinner dad” is increasingly rare, while the "primary caregiver dad” is becoming more common. Inside the Changing Role of Fathers in America

We convened a roundtable of experts on the history of marriage to talk about why it’s becoming so politically charged.  Why is the Pundit Class Suddenly so Marriage-Obsessed?