Tag: Marriage

Is Gen Z rejecting marriage?

Today, university undergraduate students are being thrust into an uncertain world. With a grim outlook on future careers for pandemic graduates, stability isn’t anywhere in sight. In the past year, grad school applications in Canada have gone up by 30 per cent in some programs. In a very polarized...

Continue reading

Last names should be about preference, not gender politics

Gendered traditions shouldn’t influence how married partners decide on their last names. Despite feminist strides made in other areas, a 2018 Atlantic article discussed the phenomenon of heterosexual women still being largely expected to give up their own last names for their husband’s upon marriage.  Expecting...

Continue reading

Sexual liberation hasn't cheapened sex

Seeing sex as a commodity that governs our social, romantic and economic standing in society is a flawed view of today’s dating world.    In a Globe and Mail column that attempts to explain why there seems to be a trend towards more sex and less marriage, Margaret Wente shows a deep misunderstanding...

Continue reading

Wedded miss

As my fourth school year hit in September, a startling theme began appearing on my Facebook newsfeed. Distant friends and acquaintances took a plunge, decided to settle early and got engaged. I cringed. At 21, I remain unconvinced that marriage is a solid option for even the most love-struck couples,...

Continue reading

The Journal, Queen's University - Since 1873




© All rights reserved. | Powered by Digital Concepts

Back to Top
Skip to content