I've been ruminating on this lately.
I was married for about three years. The relationship was fine but I hated being married at the time. It wasn't what I wanted at the time, long story and my fault for doing it. I held frame the entire time, up until I decided to divorce. She was great, it was just I who was the problem.
My last LTR, she wanted desperately to marry me and have my kids. Or maybe just to marry and have kids. I felt like an accessory to her. She'd show me off on social media and get jealous over pics of engagement rings and crap like that. I could tell it wasn't about me and her, it was about her and the "big day." Naturally, that didn't last.
Someone, I think Spaz, said in this thread that women are all the same worldwide. That's true to an extent. But I've noticed a lot of differences, and I hate to be that guy but I've just had subpar experiences with American women. Unless she's more conservative and traditional, chances are she's messed up in some way or has an obnoxious attitude. And I see less of that in certain other countries and with the foreign women I've been with. And I think it goes hand in hand with how family-oriented they are. This has been my experience anyway. In the US there's such isolation and disregard for family and tradition that I can see why a lot of men look at marriage and ask: What's the point? And with good reason. Plus around here there seem to be men who backed into marriages when they didn't know better, were blue pill, etc.
I stand by my opinion that marriage is good for raising kids if you find and screen for the right person. I don't have all the answers. Sometimes lately I get the pull to have children but I would never make that decision lightly. Anyway, I'm not sure where I'm going with all this, except to say that things are really fukked up and it's no surprise most men would rather take a stick in the eye than get married.