Its a different world out there, so some of these people replying cant relate. The attitudes shoved around in our schools and popular culture for the past few decades have turned out a chunk of American women that are unfit for marriage; promoting things like not taking care of themselves, no morals and promiscuity, a “you go girl” attitude of working at compromise in a relationship, etc. The list goes on...
For more than a few women that I know, "Compromise" means "I do what I want, when I want, and as often as I want". Any disagreement makes you a misogynist. I try and avoid them like the plague.
Unsurprisingly, many of them are single. "No men want me, what's wrong with all of them?". Those that are married are married to men who are a nebbish, or in a few cases, never at home - travelling for work, etc.
Anyone here on FR with a successful marriage knows that it's a ton of hard work, and constant compromise on both sides. And, in my particular case, the most worthwhile thing that I've done other than raising WBill Jr.
“The list goes on...”
Add environmentalism, staying in college longer, college loans.
In the US 40% of kids are born out of wedlock, in Israel and Japan it is 5%. It seems like the US government prefers unmarried people raising children.