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From: linda@amdcad.UUCP (Linda Seltzer)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: Professional women remaining perpetually single
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 15:51:10 EST
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Summary: this article reinforces cynical view of marriage

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> Women who defer marriage to go to college and pursue a career are
> finding that by the time they decide to marry, the marriage market has
> evaporated, according to a new study by two Yale sociologists and a
> Harvard economist.


It's this view of marriage as a "market" that makes people feel desperate
until they marry someone they don't love, just for security.
There is really no reason to get married except that you have
met and gotten to know a specific person whom you love and whom
desire to have as your family member.  I see no point in the
"get them while they last" attitude when it comes to marriage -
I'll leave that for the sale rack of the Saks Fifth Avenue.