“Because marriage largely benefits only one side of the relationship, and it isn’t the mans’ side.”
Based on my personal experience with friends and family, when a spouse dies the remaining widower is remarried in within a year. If it’s a remaining widow she rarely remarries. I know it’s not scientif, but only my observation.
I know that when my dad died in 2008, my mom’s life began. Ditto with my aunt. Guys I know, both widowers and divorcees, have remarried quickly. They must not hate marriage too much.
Some guys like it. That observation doesn’t refute the fact marriage exists to benefit women.
Look at a womam’s single lifestyle before marriage and after. If it didn’t, way less than over 90% of women would get alimomy. Women do not marry down.
You can almost always spot a single gal by simply looking at what she drives. If its the smallest cheapest car and likely also not maintained well, single. Minivn, SUV, truck, married. Guy finances her vehicle and she gets one she could never afford on her own. Same with living conditions. Goes from sharing an apartment with roomates and a crammed, junked up room, to her own house.