If anything, this is the main problem.

Rather than desiring marriage, itself, and being willing to compromise a bit, when looking for a husband, women are all trying to find Mr. Right and terrified of making the wrong choice and ending up worse off, than if they'd just stayed single.

They shouldn't be worse off. 

 I blame the inane push towards romanticism for this. Ew. 
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 Chicken or egg, problem. Romanticism is all that remains, now that practical benefits have been removed. 

 I'm not so sure about that when it comes to romanticism. 

But, you're correct about the removal of the benefits.