Why more and more women are ‘marrying down’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126787/Why-more-women-marrying-down.html By Rebecca Seales PUBLISHED: 05:50 EST, 8 April 2012 | UPDATED: 06:39 EST, 8 April 2012 Kate Middleton did it, Lizzie Bennet did it – even Madonna did it when she wed Guy Ritchie, whose ancestors include baronets. But now it seems the age of the rags to riches fairytale is coming to an […]

Mass wedding of Indian women in ‘prostitution village’ saves them from entering the sex trade

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114016/Mass-wedding-Indian-women-prostitution-village-saves-entering-sex-trade.html By Ted Thornhill PUBLISHED: 14:43 EST, 12 March 2012 | UPDATED: 19:29 EST, 12 March 2012 A village in western India hosted a mass wedding and engagement ceremony of 21 girls on Sunday aimed at breaking a tradition of prostitution which has for centuries exploited women of a poor, marginalised and once nomadic community […]

The collapse of family life: Most children in U.S. born out of wedlock

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103235/Most-children-U-S-born-wedlock.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:01 AM on 19th February 2012 More than half of births to American women younger than 30 are outside marriage, research has found. And across all ages, a staggering four in ten women are not married when they have children. The data shows the fastest growth in […]

Family living ‘under attack as single people realise benefits of being alone’… despite getting a worse deal on tax and insurance

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2097935/Eric-Klinenberg-Family-living-attack-single-people-realise-benefits-alone.html NYU professor says singles will soon dominate U.S. Eric Klinenberg outlines ideas in ‘Going Solo’ book Points to benefits single people bring to economy By Mark Duell Last updated at 9:38 PM on 7th February 2012 More than a quarter of American households have just one person living  inside and singles will soon dominate […]