The after effects of birth control and an increase in pornography use causes marriage to be cast to the side. As Regnerus states, “marriage (is) less urgent and more difficult to accomplish.” (194) this is a result of the new cheaper sex in our nation. With more and more people having multiple sexual partners, not having to worry about childbirth, has made settling down and starting a family less and less appealing. What sometimes happened was people would be in a relationship and then there would be an unexpected child born, and the couple would have what is called a “shotgun wedding.” This was mainly because having a child out of wedlock is frowned upon by many religions, so before the child is born the couple would get married and have the child while they were in wedlock, usually resulting in a poor marriage.
As many people look down upon getting married, there are also many benefits that are being overlooked, like paying less taxes, having a joint income, and a general uptick in morale. These previous benefits to getting married are now not even glanced at, has there has been a general decline in marriage in recent decades.
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