MEN WON'T MARRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO (YET)

In north America, men are fleeing the marriage institution (and traditional family model) in droves because the social contract has become too unfair to them. For a man, the long-term risks of getting married exceed the potential benefits by far, and since men can see that, there's fewer and fewer of them who buy in. Every man knows a man whose life has been crippled or ruined to some degree by a bad marriage; while some are still willing to try it, and some marriages of course DO turn out perfectly fine, there is a shortage.

So we have a multitude of women who end up with no potential partners, wondering what went wrong and what to do next. If the current trend continues, I fully expect the extreme feminists to do, one more time, what has been so successfull in the past : go cry to daddy-state for some new laws favoring them even more. After the predictable round of public shaming in the mass media, the usual victimisation and complaining, their next logical step would be to lobby for some state muscle to come in. Maybe in the force of short-term financial incentives to draw men into marriage, or (more probable and in line with past changes) penalties against men who do not marry. For example, in Quebec, in addition to paying provincial tax, federal tax, retirement plans, invalidity insurance, and unemployment insurance directly off of our paychecks, there is also this little thing called "family insurance" (whatever). It is a very small amount for now (around 1%), but the principle is basically that every single worker in the province has to contribute directly to finance family creators IN ADDITION to every other deduction. The wedge is already in; all they really need to do is increase the amount paid by unmarried people until it becomes crippling.

Men don't want to marry anymore because it's not worth it and it's too dangerous. We as a society could revise our social contract until it becomes equitable again. But I predict that feminist lobbies will find it preferable to force men into marriage in some way.