The idea that in youth we will meet a "good man," marry him, stay married to him, and reach an old age partnered, is a myth.
Women actually spend most of their life WITHOUT A PARTNER!
It is a dangerous myth because so most women expect nothing less and do not plan for another lifestyle that is without a MAN.
Perhaps women are essentially romantic and do not want to look at the financial basis for marriage (something quite modern - arranged or class conscious marriage has been the norm) or for mistresshood.
What is different today, though contraception is not perfect, is our options for preventing pregnancy and legal and safe abortion when we were not ready and able to afford raising a child.
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