En kvinna bland män

Det äkta paret Martin (Armie Hammer) och Ruth Ginsberg (Felicity Jones) är verksamma inom juridiken; Martin är advokat och Ruth jobbar som professor på en skola (än så länge). På en tillställning för Martin på hans jobb så briljerar han med att berätta hur det kommer sig att svenska par inte gifter sig, utan bara förlovar sig och bor tillsammans.

Martin: "You know, young people in Sweden these days aren't getting married?"
Kollega: "Really?"
Martin: "It's true. They're getting engaged. They're still living together. They're still having kids, raising a family. But they're not getting married. You know why?"
Kollega: "They can have sex without it."
Martin: "It's because of taxes."
Kollega: "Mm-hmm."
Kollega: "Ah."
Martin: "That's true. After the war, Sweden passed a law that said married couples will now file joint income tax returns. However, unlike the United States, they weren't given
any of the benefits from it. So, married Swedes were finding themselves in the uncomfortable position of now being in a higher tax bracket."
Kollega: "Oh, really?"
Martin: "So they got divorced. Of course, they were still living together. So the Swedish government then passes a new law that says, all right, married couples who get divorced but continue to live together, for tax purposes, will be considered still married. So they did what anyone would do. They add a second entrance to their home with a nice wall that goes right down the middle - with doors for... easy access. All right, fine, says the Swedish government, new law! Once married, now divorced couples living in a two-income household that is subdivided would, again, for tax purposes, be considered living together, and therefore...
Kollega: "Therefore still married."
Martin: "Now he's got it. And this went on for decades. All the while, a whole generation of Swedes simply skirted the issue by never getting married in the first place. Thank you. Speaking of, have you all met my lovely wife, Ruth?"
Ruth: "The moral of this story is that in their attempt to raise revenue, the Swedish government ruined all those young men's best hope at happiness."
Martin: "Exactly. Because... how a government taxes its citizens is a direct declaration of a country's values. So tell me, what could have more impact than that?"