Amy Diehl, Ph.D.Jun 16
18% of heterosexual single women ages 25 to 34 feel unsafe most days vs 4 percent of married women. The solution is not for all women to go find a husband to protect them. It is to create a society where no woman, single or married, has to feel unsafe.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/15/marriage-incentive-no-one-talks-about-safety/
The marriage incentive no one talks about

Economics may no longer be an incentive to marry, but feeling secure is.

The Washington Post
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@amydiehl On one hand, I suspect the number will never be zero because a big point of marriage that has stood the test of time is safety in numbers. Two heads are better than one.

On the other hand, I bet those numbers has a much wider gap before women were allowed to do things like have their own bank account or vote in elections.

Jun 16 at 3:34amWeb