{"id":180987,"date":"2024-02-14T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=180987"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:29:43","slug":"podcast-967-busting-the-myths-of-marriage-why-getting-hitched-still-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/social\/marriage\/podcast-967-busting-the-myths-of-marriage-why-getting-hitched-still-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #967: Busting the Myths of Marriage \u2014 Why Getting Hitched Still Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The marriage rate has come down 65% since 1970. There are multiple factors behind this decrease, but one of them is what we might call the poor branding that surrounds marriage in the modern day. From all corners of our culture and from both ends of the ideological spectrum come messages that marriage is an outdated institution, that it hinders financial success and personal fulfillment, and that it&#8217;s even unimportant when it comes to raising kids.<\/p>\n<p>My guest would say that these ideas about marriage are very wrong, and he doesn&#8217;t come at it from an emotionally-driven perspective, but from what&#8217;s born out by the data. Dr. Brad Wilcox is a sociologist who heads the nonpartisan National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, which studies marriage and family life. He&#8217;s also the author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3SHIAbE\">Get Married<\/a>.<\/em> Today on the show, Brad discusses the latest research on marriage and how it belies the common narratives around the institution. We dig into the popular myths around marriage, and how it not only boosts your finances, but predicts happiness in life better than any other factor. 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