British women say marriage is irrelevant!

I really wish they would do a study like this in the states, it might shed some light on this whole “sanctity of marriage” crap, to see that a lot of straight women don’t want to get married anymore or just don’t get married. I mean assuming most women in the US don’t want to get married (outside of my little group of queers in SF;). But I digress. . .

NEARLY a third of British women regard marriage as “no longer relevant” in a modern society, according to research released today.
Whirlwind romances also get the thumbs down, with 71 per cent saying couples marry in haste without thinking things through carefully enough.
The research into women’s changing attitudes to relationships, work and family lives, found older women were more cynical about the idea of wedded bliss.
Asked about the 31 per cent of women rejecting marriage, Dr Linda Papadopoulos, a psychologist, said: “This shift in attitude may be a testament to the fact women feel liberated enough, sexually and socially, to not have to walk down the aisle, or it could be that today’s cynical attitude to almost everything has minimised the marriage to an outdated, over-romanticised practice.”

You can read more about the study here.
But you know I always have to find something. Talking about marriage as if it is a choice for everyone leaves people out. Not just gay folks, but also I would say in the context of the US young ( often, but not always, brown) mothers that have babies “out of wedlock.” I think they queer marriage too. I think they are resisting by having babies without getting married, even though they are demonized by our culture, government and media.