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		causality0 on April 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No one expects young men to do anything and they a... What happened? The article makes some fantastic and insightful points but one thing it ignores that I think is important is the fact we started paying people not to get married in the form of increased public benefits for single parents.

jeromegv on April 24, 2022 [–]

You mean that single parent would be better to stay with their abusive spouse because they depend on them financially?

How’s that better?

causality0 on April 24, 2022 | [–]

I'm not saying it's better. I'm saying it's a significant contributing factor to the increased percentage of unmarried mothers.

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