We discuss popular reactions to claim that there is a shortage of marriageable men for women with college degrees.
Marriage
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We discuss the idea that a "shortage of marriageable men" seems like a strong explanation of falling marriage rates.
Joe, Leslie, Gabriel, and Jooyoung Lee (University of Toronto) discuss a recent exchange between Eric Klinenberg and Bradford Wilcox about being single and being well.
Joe, Leslie and Gabriel interview Jessi Streib (Duke University) on the study of culture and social class. Jessi Streib wrote The Power of the Past: Understanding Cross-Class Marriages (Oxford University Press), a book on the challenges that college-educated couples face when one partner comes from a working class family. More […]
Joe, Leslie, Gabriel and Becky Yang Hsu (Georgetown University) discuss the humorous differences in perspectives that emerge when contemplating a woman’s distressed letter on Reddit about how her husband ruined her wine party: Trytonotexplode 3202 2018-02-27 15:52:09 So I realize this may sound silly and I’m sorry in advance if […]
