Gen Z Shouldn’t Dismiss Marriage So Lightly

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“A viral TikTok video doesn’t pull any punches in depicting the so-called negatives of marriage and motherhood for young women.

The video, that has been racking up millions of views, shows a Generation Z woman seeming to accept a marriage proposal before switching to a series of shorts showing the same woman toiling away in domestic drudgery — washing dishes, caring for a newborn baby, and cleaning the house. The clip ends with the woman rejecting the proposal, daunted by the future life of domestic servitude that just flashed before her eyes.”

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