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
Show threadEljorgeabidesJun 16

@amydiehl

Do you think it's because single women go out more and meet more people where married women tend to stay home?

I agree that women need to feel safer and would think married and single women would have the same percentage.

Show threadMania EmmaJun 16
@eljorgeabides @amydiehl it's because men only respect other men's ownership: this is patriarchy
Show threadB.Jun 16
@Emmaf_77 @eljorgeabides @amydiehl Would be interesting to see if it's 4 or 18% for lesbian married women.
Show threadMania Emma
@bhg @eljorgeabides @amydiehl it's not a matter of being married, it's a matter of being owned by a man
Jun 16 at 6:21amWeb
Show threadHollieKJun 16
@Emmaf_77 @bhg @eljorgeabides @amydiehl And protection doesn't come into it, men would rather not risk upsetting the "owner" of the woman, so go for "unowned" women instead.