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Once upon a time, little American girls grew up with the simple belief that if you were brave and kind enough, your story would end with "happily ever after." Today, for many young women, that expectation has shifted toward something closer to "happily never after." 

New polling from Pew, a nonpartisan research firm, shows a striking change in how senior girls think about marriage. In 1993, more than 83% of graduating girls said they were very likely to marry. Yet today that share has fallen to about 61%. Interest among boys has hardly changed and remains around 74%. 

This is not simply a case of young people turning away from commitment. Instead, it is a story about young women in particular losing confidence in marriage as a desirable goal, and that shift should concern anyone who cares about happiness, loneliness or even life expectancy. 

DIGITAL ISOLATION IS CRUSHING YOUNG MEN — FRATERNITIES HOLD A PROVEN SOLUTION

Research has consistently shown that married people are happier, less lonely and live longer than their unmarried peers. Yet the national marriage rate has fallen sharply, dropping 31% since 2000 and about 65% since 1970. 

For years, much of the discussion around declining marriage has focused on men, and issues such as boys falling behind in school, struggling to find rewarding jobs, and retreating into screens, scrolling, porn........

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