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1.) Well, yes. It's reality, playing out around us all the time, for the reasons I listed. The evidence: web search 'marriage rates in the US', and see they are on a very steep decline. Women open the door to the bedroom, but it is men that open the door to the home, and marriage. Marriage rates are on a steep decline...because men are opting out of the institution of marriage (as it is currently configured), choosing instead to cohabitate or MGTOW.
2.) There is societal programming, and enough of it is good & right & leads to the benefit of society as well as the individual. But specifically marriage, I just don't know how much it benefits the man anymore, but it's still pushed. I think men need to be presented with all the facts, presented with options they might not have even considered & hard-checked like listen: have you really thought this through? One side is all pro-marriage, don't think about it just do it. Isn't it only fair to list some good reasons to....not? Men's lives are at stake.
Men aren't dumb; men are watching other men in their relationships, we know half or more of all marriages end in divorce, we know 70% of divorces are initiated by women, we see how it plays out in divorces, we see alimony & child support...we have more access to information than ever before. If you'd like to learn more straight facts & statistics, presented in as condensed of a form as possible, I recommend you check out "The Book of Numbers: Analyzing the ROI on the Pursuit of Women" by Aaron Clarey. What are the chances of getting married? Of staying married? Even if the marriage lasts, will you be, you know, happy and/or better off for having married? It's a compelling read that makes a rock solid case for MGTOW.
It's a red-pill movement, but not a black-pill. As outlined in Aaron Clarey's book The Menu: Life Without the Opposite Sex.. Enough of society tries to tie marriage/family with life itself, and how if you fail to marry or have children, your life is meaningless. Men internalize this bullshit, and are killing themselves at record rates. Men account for 80% of suicides, and suicide is the #1 cause of death for men under 50. MGTOW teaches that regardless of whether you can't get into a relationship, or you choose not to, or you got into a bad one & it failed, that's not a reason to end your life. You can have a happy, strong, fulfilled life sans marriage, significant other.