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Man-blaming vs incentive-changing: what really works to restore marriage

What approach should social conservatives take to solve the problem of the declining marriage rate? A naive approach would be to just order young people to “Get Married!” without analyzing and defusing the reasons why young people are declining to approach, date and marry like they used to. Most social conservatives go for the naive approach. But which approach really works?So, let’s focus on men. Why are men staying single? Why aren’t men approaching women, paying for da