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Prenuptial agreements used to be the domain of celebrities and the superwealthy. That may be changing: a new Harris poll suggests more than half of engaged or married couples under the age of 45 have negotiated the terms of their divorce before they reach the altar. That’s roughly a fivefold increase in prenups since the 1990s. Multiple social factors may help explain this trend, including that people are getting married older.

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Highlights One of the most painful things about childhood sexual abuse is the way it affects a person's relationship with themselves. Post This Throughout my childhood, I carried secrets that felt far too heavy for someone my age. Post This Warning: The following essay discusses sensitive topics including child abuse, sexual assault, and self-harm. Childhood is supposed to be a safe and happy time in a person's life. But for me, it was a time of confusion, fear, and silence.

In June, fellow advocate for boys and men, Richard Reeves, president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, published an enlightening piece for the Institute for Family Studies titled “What Gender War?” He highlighted the latest data: ordinary men and women are navigating modern life with more economic parity and shared responsibilities than the online shouting matches suggest. Engaged fathers are on the rise in many households.

“Dad, I’ve got a new boyfriend...And guess what? He’s marriageable.”  This was from an actual conversation with one of my daughters. And as you can imagine, it caused me to do an invisible fist pump. Yes, I thought, Dad is not completely useless after all! She has paid attention to dad’s first rule of romance: choose somebody who is marriageable. What Does 'Marriageable' Even Mean? So why "marriageable," and what does it mean?

Of all the themes in the public discourse around young men, none have received as much coverage as their heavy screen use, and none have been portrayed as having more dire consequences. In gaming and on social media, many have argued, young men are being incited to drop out of society, adopt aggressive, even violent behavior, objectify women, and flout social norms.

The marriage certificate is more than just a piece of paper, even in countries like Finland, according to new research from The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) in London, which confirms that the process of formally saying ‘I do’ still matters. The British government is currently soliciting feedback and ideas on plans to grant property rights to cohabiting couples on the grounds that this change will protect people in unformalized romantic unions.

The marriage certificate is more than just a piece of paper, even in countries like Finland, according to new research from The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) in London, which confirms that the process of formally saying ‘I do’ still matters. The British government is currently soliciting feedback and ideas on plans to grant property rights to cohabiting couples on the grounds that this change will protect people in unformalized romantic unions.

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The classic, gendered trope of the depressed, anxious, stay-at-home mother is an old one. In her landmark book The Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan called it “the problem that has no name,” arguing that mid-century housewives were functionally unhappy because they were out of the employed labor force.