Title: How Marriages Have Changed Over The Last 100 Years
Headings: How Marriages Have Changed Over The Last 100 Years
How Marriages Have Changed Over The Last 100 Years
The reason for marrying began to shift
The marriage rate and the Great Depression
The "golden age of marriage" wasn't really so golden
The case for Loving
The start of voluntarily childless marriages
The waiting game
The "rise in cohabitation" versus marriage
The inclusion of same-sex couples
The marriage rate is back on the decline
So, is marriage going extinct?

Content: Much of the rise in cohabitation as an alternative to marriage is actually an alternative to divorce." He added, saying, "If you never make a commitment, you are never going to divorce." The professor wasn't kidding when he mentioned the " rise in cohabitation." According to the National Marriage Project, the number of unmarried couples in the U.S. was nearly five million in the year 2000. In 1960, that number was a paltry 500,000. It's estimated that about a quarter of women between the ages of 25 and 39 are now living with their partner and half have lived with a partner at some point. That's a whole lot of cohabiting. The inclusion of same-sex couples
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Although the first documented gay rights organization dates back to 1924, some 90 years would pass before same-sex marriage was legally recognized. In June 2015 — aka the twenty-first century — the United States became the twenty-first country to recognize same-sex marriages. This came to fruition after the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples would be free to marry in all 50 states and thus were entitled to the same legal rights and benefits afforded to heterosexual couples.