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Feb 2024
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#745 - Brad Wilcox - Is Marriage Actuall...

Chris Williamson
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Brad Wilcox is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and Director of the National Marriage Project.

Many online discussions are casting doubt on the role of marriage. Is it actually a bad deal for men and women? Is it dangerous for people to get into? What does the evidence actually suggest, especially in the face of widespread skepticism about the institution of marriage?

Expect to learn if marriage is a terrible deal for men in the modern era, the correlation between your marital status and financial status, what happens to men and women’s bodies after they get married, why you shouldn’t be scared as a man or woman if you want to get married, the most shocking statistics Brad has come across on marriage and much more...

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