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Is having a husband embarrassing now?

Women rejecting traditional partnership is not a rejection of love.

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Amanda Montei
Nov 05, 2025
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In a now viral and much-discussed essay over at Vogue, titled “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” Chanté Joseph recounts her exhaustion with boyfriend content. “If someone so much as says “my boyf–” on social media, they’re muted,” the essay begins.

But boyfriend content is just the beginning, since it’s the premarital equivalent of what Sara Peter…

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