It is obvious that the whole purpose of this study is to denigrate marriage, to portray it as a useless, outdated institution.
The MSM's relentless attack on marriage and the family continues.
I do agree that the point of the article was to celebrate the single lifestyle. But I also think the fact that our attitude toward fifteen year olds being married supports the premise that our attitude toward marriage has drastically changed. One hundred years ago we wouldn't have batted an eye at a fifteen year old being married. Even in the 50s when Loretta Lynn married at 13 nobody thought anything about it. My uncle got married at 13 in 1930 to an 18 year old. That would probably bring criminal charges today, and they were married over 70 happy years!
So basically it cuts both ways--the story is somewhat anachronisitc in lumping teen wives into its mix, but the fact that we frown on such marriages today does support the notion that our attitudes have drastically changed.