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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, marriage in itself (especially [[arranged marriage]]) is natural to humans as evidenced by its high prevalence | As perverted and anti-male modern Western marriage may be, marriage in itself (especially [[arranged marriage]]) is natural to humans as evidenced by its very high prevalence from the most primitive human societies all the way to early industrial Europe. There is evidence marriage yields certain benefits such as facilitating investment into the offspring and reducing the incidence and economic cost of demotivated childless and sexless males.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Monogamy_may_have_been_selected_by_cultural_evolution_because_of_its_benefits_for_society</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> | 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> | ||