Just to add fuel to the fire, I will refer the following work. I know, I can’t post the link, so I will just refer. Professor William Helmreich, a professor of sociology, wrote a book The World of The Yeshiva. He himself, a Ner Yisroel graduate, spent years researching Yeshivos, by spending time in a great number of them in the late 70’s and early 80’s. He also conducted interviews with many of the Roshei Yeshivos. What I am now quoting can be found by googling William Helmreich interviews Roshei Yeshiva. For me, the paper of interviews is the first result. A question he asks most of them is about the rising rate of divorce in orthodox circles (that was in the late 70’s, not to even mention today). Rav Ruderman attributed this to 3 comments about women today being different. The 3rd is that they get married at a young age. Perhaps, there is reason for girls to wait to get married, not just to solve the age gap.
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