I’ve heard of the purported mythology of married men being healthier than unmarried men (not the wealthier part - that seems counterintuitive).

Still trying to figure that part out, other than to chalk it up to the idea that men can only function if they are dominant over women, and if they can’t be then they have no reason to bother.

You are implying a false equivalency where I suggested no equivalency at all. I’m not saying that men and women have the same amount of pressure put on them to get married, or have the same conditioning to want marriage.

Heterosexual relationships existed before marriage. They can exist without it.

North American then, Western. I wasn’t talking about parental leave at all. I was more referring to the fact that this is a very Western/capitalist mindset. In my home country, which is not Western and did not turn capitalist until the 90s, women were just expected to do both (work and raise children). I believe that…

Aren’t regular condoms already protection against common STIs?

You’ve said a lot of things you don’t think. You don’t think that the solution is that men should be encouraged to coparent. You don’t think that men can have children outside of marriage (that was right there in the post I originally commented on).

Why do the majority of women get married if it’s so terrible for them? You can argue about societal pressure all you want, but the same goes for men.

Why? Sex is natural and in no way oppressive outside of patriarchal context.

I don’t know. Maybe.

Plenty of men (and it is becoming more common) are choosing to make that sacrifice so that their female partners can move forward in their careers.

You’re determined to think the only true feminist is a single, child-less woman and that’s hilarious.

No it’s not.

No you didn’t. I plainly stated that if equality was to ever be achieved in marriage, marriage would not exist anymore. Why would men get married if it offers them no advantage? That was the main point of my comment.

I would say the source of gender inequality is a fundemental belief that women are inferior (or ‘different’) to men.

You don’t buy what? Did you even bother reading anything I said?

I explained my last statement in the other comments. I don’t need to be “held accountable” for anything.

What conclusion?

Please read my other comments. I’m not going to repeat myself again.

All systematic injustices between the genders are tied to marriage. From unequal pay to reproductive rights. Please try to think about it a little more critically.