Why are less people getting married?

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I can see both sides of the coin regarding romantic non-marital co-habitation:

If after a certain amount of time after you and your partner co-habitate, marriage could happen because you have known them long enough to confidently make the decision to jump to the next step!! !

Or the co-habitation arrangement could end in a parting ways scenario

(A.K.A a breakup)

So, I think the answer to your initial question boils down to decreasing relevance.

Fewer people find marriage to be relevant to their needs, so fewer people feel pressured to get married.

For women, it wasn't all that long ago when we *had* to get married and have kids if we just wanted to survive because women weren't allowed to do much of anything else. But now that we somewhat have the same rights as men, at least in most developed western countries, we can get along without such things now if we want to.

Too bad so many men feel worthless and afraid that women don't "need" them anymore.

I feel worthless and afraid because I'm older and my hopes and dreams of a career in art and writing have died, so big deal.

^So the Feminist Movement is most likely responsible for this cultural shift in attitude about marriage?

Also, you have to factor in other variables that I have mentioned such as all the people who are struggling to even find someone to date and how time-consuming the entire dating process is!! !

That has to play a MAJOR role in all of this!

I successfully made it through to the other side but it was a battle to even make it to this point!! !

Feminism played some role.

Fewer people are religious. In the past, a significant portion of the population believed that sex before marriage was a sin. Some still do and a lot of harm comes from it.

An article that may be of interest: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/we-e ... c-partners