College-educated couples are less likely to cohabitate and more likely to marry directly than their less-educated counterparts in the US. Also, providing men with free and consistent sex so they can do and offer less while under one roof is a bad trade for women. Men are more reluctant to marry than women, and they benefit more as this is a cheaper living arrangement where they can leave with greater ease. A legally binding arrangement is more beneficial for women. I assume you are Reer Scandi, as they are more into those trial runs that they call 'consensual unions,' which aren't marriages but act as lesser duplicates without the formalities. Even for them, premarital cohabitation increases rather than decreases the risk of divorce.
