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    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: 'Marriage will be there for men when they're ready. And most do get there.' Really? Has he been on a dating site lately? All the lonely people... more »
    CordeliaShirley: I would try to laugh at this, but I'm just too disgusted at the idea that I, at 25, would be considered well on my to a doomed life of shriveled, lone... more »
    Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: Okay, so given that the goal of everyone is to get married and have babies, Mr. bravely uncool trend-mapper should note that fertile young women can't... more »
    whynotshesaid: Whatever, Regnerus. I got married at 20 - despite the advice of friends and family alike - and it was a fucking stupid ass move on my part. I had li... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: Obviously, I no longer have any point in life or viability. I can just sit and rot peacefully since I've already been married and procreated, right on... more »
    Skellatrix: .....and on a lighter note, I read "while men's tends to rise in step with their growing resources (that is, money and maturation)." as: "while men's ... more »
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: There's also the fact that this guy "teaches" at the University of Texas. He uses one of his female students as anecdotal evidence of his point. I'v... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: WHY IS MARRIAGE A GOAL? Marriage should be something you do when and if you find someone you would like to be married to. Full stop. It is not a goal ... more »
    la.donna.pietra: I've lived in some pretty conservative parts of the country, and I've seen a *lot* of young marriages. I would like to invite Mr. Regnerus to try to ... more »
    Jorie Slodki: I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 17. Does that mean I had no "market value" to begin with, or that I should have married at 16? And why do resou... more »
    jollydolly: He's so fake-apologetic about it - "unfortunately" women's market value declines..."we can't will it away" etc. etc. a) you could fight it off in prin... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: Mr. Smarty Pants columnist: the 20-21 marriage rate was only standard in the 1950s. Ages were much higher before WWII, so it's not like the 20th centu... more »
    nakedscience: Oh no! I'm almost 28 and NOT MARRIED, nor do I have any plans to EVER get married! What will I ever do with myself, being happy being single and all?!... more »
    missnicolec: I wish all the time that guy's sperm started to go bad past a certain age, that way we girls could gripe about how their rotting sperm just won't be a... more »
    Treece: Ladies, I hate to say this but I agree with him. I am now 40. I get older and fatter but I have some women who are now interested in me. I tend to lik... more »
  • #itheedread

    Male Newspaper Columnist Knows When Women Should Marry

    According to Mark Regnerus at the WaPo, young women are delaying marriage because they think getting hitched is lame. Little do they know that early marriage is their only ticket out of shriveled, infertile loneliness! More »