Marriage Archives

Social Justice

New Benefits of Marriage Study Actually Hints at the Horrors of Middle Age

Marriage isn’t the happiness elixir America wants it to be. If anything, it simply distracts us from persisting economic and social injustices that undermine all types of relationships.

Maya Dusenbery

Social Justice

My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

We met at 18. We wed at 24. At 27, I checked my wife into a psych ward—for the first time. How mental illness re-shapes a marriage.

Mark Lukach

Economics

The Majority of Stay-at-Home Dads Aren’t Staying Home to Care for the Family

A close look at a Pew Social Trends report.

Philip N. Cohen

Social Justice

Happier Wives Spend More Time Synced in Sleep With Their Husbands

Coordinated snooze time is the signal of a stable marriage, a new study suggests.

Paul Bisceglio

Social Justice

Did Fate Bring Us Together? Or Was It Our DNA?

New research finds genetic similarity between spouses.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

Facebook, Twitter Usage Linked to Higher Divorce Rates

New research finds a correlation between marital dissatisfaction and social media usage.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

The Kids Will Be All Right, Even Without the Nuclear Family

Gay, straight, single, divorced: Five studies that prove that the who of family matters a lot less than the how when it comes to raising happy, healthy kids.

Michael Fitzgerald

Social Justice

Is Watching ‘Gone With the Wind’ Just as Good as Real Marriage Therapy?

A recent study reveals that watching relationship-themed movies and discussing them with your partner can be just as effective as visiting a marriage counselor.

Ryan Jacobs

Economics

‘The Atlantic’ Is Wrong About Married Parents Producing Richer Kids

Sure, kids with married parents appear to have better outcomes by some measures. But a narrow reading of the data ignores strong evidence about the viability of alternative family structures.

Michael Fitzgerald