11 Reasons to Commit (or not) to Anyone You Want

In light of this article promoting traditional, heterosexual, 1950’s style marriage, here’s  a few thoughts on why you should marry or not marry anyone you want to:

1. Breadwinner: If you choose to commit to a nontraditional man or woman, they’ll likely be totally fine with you keeping your job. They will expect you to not give a heaping pile of shit about traditional gender roles, which dictate that men make all the money, and be totally cool with you wanting a rewarding career as well. Maybe he or she be cool with you, a woman, being the sole breadwinner. Because believe it or not, some men actually find being a stay-at-home parent to be as rewarding as some women do.

2. Mutual Respect: Your partner will respect you for conforming or not conforming to any gender norm you damn well please. If you deviate from femininity or masculinity, they’ll love you because you’re being yourself. They won’t expect you to be the millenial version of June Cleaver, because they’ll understand that the gender binary is way too constricting for your marriage (or lack thereof).

3. More Money: If you both work, think of the payload you’ll be bringing in! Conversely, maybe you and your partner don’t subscribe to the capitalist system, and happiness and self-fulfillment is way more important to you and your relationship than being the next Bill Gates.

4. Gender Roles [Don’t] Work: Honestly, who doesn’t want society dictating how you should live your day to day life, what you should and shouldn’t do for your partner and children, etc.? OH RIGHT, EVERYONE. 

5. Leadership: This one’s directed at you, ladies. Obviously our feeble minds and bodies are incapable of handling big decisions. Why would we want the final say anyway? Who wants a partner who actually expects you to have equal input into the big decisions in your life together? Obviously no one.

6. More Time: With your awesome partner, you’ll have time to focus on what you want. Career? Plenty of time for that! Housework? If it lights your fire, go for it! Hobbies? Maybe you’ll have some in common! With your nontraditional partner, you’ll be able to focus on anything you want, not just housework, looking pretty, and making babies. What a relief!

7. Celestial Love: Because your partner will so deeply respect you, your beliefs, and your interests and goals, you’ll love each other a lot! End of story.

8. Protector: Since you have an egalitarian relationship, you can share the responsibility of protection! No more of that exhausting damsel-in-distress act. You can take charge of your life and share in the protection of your own home and person, instead of relying on someone else to do it for you. How’s that for empowerment?

9. Virtue and Dignity: Since your partner will be enlightened and NOT a modern-day incarnation of Don Draper, they’ll value the virtue of thinking for yourself, and having your own separate interests outside of the house. Or, if you choose to stay single, you can maintain all of your dignity by living your life as you damn well please.

10. Gentleman: Chivalry is dead and thank God for that. End of story. Just be polite because it’s nice, not because of some outdated notion of manhood.

11. You Deserve It: That’s right readers, you deserve to date, marry, commit to, or not commit to, ANYONE YOU WANT! How awesome is that?! Thanks to feminism and the progression of our society, we can set aside outdated, stifling notions of marriage and gender roles and have equal, fulfilling relationships. Or single lives. We can choose to not have children because FINALLY a woman’s worth isn’t dependent on whether or not she can bear tons of babies. So do whatever you want, because as a human being, you deserve it!