Point Of Inquiry Podcast - Single Ladies, Single Longer: Rebecca Traister On The Rise Of The Unmarried Woman

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For a very long time marriage was considered a foundation ofAmerican life. Adulthood and marriage came hand in hand, andshortly after marriage children were the next logical step.Breaking that mold wasn’t a socially acceptable or financiallyviable option for women. Today, however, marriage rates show us avery different picture of what is considered the norm. To lend someinsight into these changing conventions, Point ofInquiry welcomes Rebecca Traister, an author andaward-winning journalist who is the writer-at-large forNew York Magazine and acontributing editor at Elle. Her newbook is All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and theRise of an Independent Nation.

 

 

In 1960, the majority of American women were married by age 29.Today only 20 percent of American women are married by then. Forover a century the median age of first marriages for women inAmerica had remained between 20 and 22, but in recent years it hasjumped dramatically to age 27.  Overall, fewer American womenare married than ever before and Traister has investigated what’sbehind this dramatic change, and what it means for a new generationof single women in America.

 

 

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