299. Richard Reeves — Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
The Michael Shermer Show
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Is Marriage a Commitment Device?
Michael Wolraich: Marriage is a commitment device that increases exit with loss of exit. But i now think it's really a commitment around raising kids together, not so much about wigan estate as more like coparent in contract. When married couples break up, both parents remain very close to the children on average. So divorced parents much more like stay in touch than unmarried parents. I don't be like larry king, you know, and forget he had his boys at 70 something. Ok, maybe that's pushing it a little bit, right? Yes, ight. But, but i do think that whell, itsm to me.
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