by Sophie Anderson and Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS)
“The worst thing a woman can do, statistically speaking, is to get married to a man,” Liz Gilbert said recently on the “Marie Forleo” podcast. “Married women do not live as long as single women, they do not earn as much money as single women, they are not as happy as single women…” she continued. “They report themselves in every single way that you can measure sociological data for wellness as being less contented than single women.”
Hercommentsarejustthelatestinalonglineof salvos against marriagefromthebestsellingauthorof Eat,Pray,Love.Gilbertandother progressivewriters likeAmyShearn(“MarriedheterosexualmotherhoodinAmerica…isagamenoonewins”in TheNewYorkTimes)andWendyPatrick(“WhyAreManySingleWomenWithoutChildrenSoHappy?”in PsychologyToday)regularlyinveighagainstfamilyforthefairersex.Today,theycontend,thepathtowardsforgingameaningfulandhappylifeforwomenrunsawayfrommarriageandfamily,nottowardsit.What’smore,their argument goes:evenasmarriageandfamil
