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The Marriage Panic

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The Changing Landscape of Marriage in America

Rebecca Traster, a senior writer for New York Magazine, discusses the evolving marriage patterns in America through a feminist perspective. She highlights the emergence of a marriage panic and a push to make straight marriage more prevalent. Traster argues that marriage is being promoted not just as a solution for social isolation but as a campaign to normalize straight marriage. The root of this panic stems from significant changes in marriage patterns since the 1950s, which have coincided with broader cultural shifts.

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