What’s Killing Marriage—Unmarriageable Men or Liberal Women?

What’s Killing Marriage—Unmarriageable Men or Liberal Women?

Dec 2, 2025 |

Young women are losing faith in marriage. This is the takeaway from a dramatic new Pew poll showing that in the past 30 years, the share of 12th grade girls who say they are most likely to “choose to get married” one day has dropped more than 20 percentage points, from 83% in 1993 to 61% in 2023. Meanwhile the share of young men who hope to get married has remained steady, at around 75%.

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