why some people don’t get married and why (maybe?) they should in the atlantic

“The benefits of marriage don’t seem to translate to cohabitation,” Bookwala says. “People who cohabitate do not enjoy the same health benefits that come with marriage. So we have to ask, what is it about the marital union that brings these benefits? The answer is still unclear.”

the atlantic’s cover story about women and their changing relationship with marriage

“When Gloria Steinem said, in the 1970s, “We’re becoming the men we wanted to marry,” I doubt even she realized the prescience of her words.”