Marriage The Institution
Perhaps we single girlfriends here in the U.S. should start a national Single Pride Day. There is now concrete evidence showing that we took the road which savvy educated women around the world are increasingly traveling. How that is playing out in Asian societies is the cover story in the April 20th issue of THE ECONOMIST. Sure most of us know that for women in European nations, marriage has been a declining institution. For example, in Sweden, 55% of births are to unmarried women. In Iceland, the number is 66%, reports THE ECONOMIST. In the U.S. the institution isn’t doing too hot either. Now we find out that pockets are Asia are also experiencing the female disinterest in tying the knot. Not for me, Asian women saying. For example, as THE ECONOMIST notes: “The...
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