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Over the same 50 years, the share of marriages in which the wife is the sole or primary breadwinner roughly tripled, from about 5% to 16%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

But they all have some of them, and it’s messing up their lives and their jobs and their marriages.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

The 73-year-old king, who has seven children from four marriages, has not announced his chosen heir, though succession rules favour men.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

On screen, the couples talk to relationship experts about how the "marriages" are working.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

This is not much of a coincidence, since most of the royal houses of Europe at the time were interconnected by a web of political marriages.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin