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Men who see modern marriage as a scam in favour of women have started a number of social movements including the [[MRA#Father's Rights Movement|Father's Rights Movement]] and [[MGTOW]]. | Men who see modern marriage as a scam in favour of women have started a number of social movements including the [[MRA#Father's Rights Movement|Father's Rights Movement]] and [[MGTOW]]. | ||
As perverted and anti-male modern Western marriage may be, there is evidence that marriage in itself is natural to humans and that it yields certain benefits. | As perverted and anti-male modern Western marriage may be, there is evidence that marriage in itself is natural to humans and that it yields certain benefits such as facilitating investment into the offspring and reducing the incidence and economic cost of demotivated childless and sexless males. | ||
In 1826, Hector Davies Morgan wrote The Doctrine and Law of Marriage, Adultery, and Divorce, which argued, among other things that marriage was an institution to prevent (in his exact words), "involuntary celibacy.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=9HAXQ0ZKvxQC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=prevented+the+human+corruptions+of+constrained+and+involuntary+celibacy&source=bl&ots=JdXOtaeG2f&sig=ACfU3U3s2Kl2Gi7zKBU5WA0NUyWokweK8w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcyfz95OTkAhUqZN8KHU_vB64Q6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=prevented%20the%20human%20corruptions%20of%20constrained%20and%20involuntary%20celibacy&f=false</ref> | In 1826, Hector Davies Morgan wrote The Doctrine and Law of Marriage, Adultery, and Divorce, which argued, among other things that marriage was an institution to prevent (in his exact words), "involuntary celibacy".<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=9HAXQ0ZKvxQC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=prevented+the+human+corruptions+of+constrained+and+involuntary+celibacy&source=bl&ots=JdXOtaeG2f&sig=ACfU3U3s2Kl2Gi7zKBU5WA0NUyWokweK8w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcyfz95OTkAhUqZN8KHU_vB64Q6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=prevented%20the%20human%20corruptions%20of%20constrained%20and%20involuntary%20celibacy&f=false</ref> | ||
== Marriage and human nature == | == Marriage and human nature == | ||