High self esteem will make you more resistant to unhealthy marriages or feeling like you have to get married if thats just not what you really want...not marriage itself.Sistas have higher self esteem than other races of women (google for the studies).
It's counterintuitive, but higher self esteem can make you more resistant towards marriage. You are proud of yourself AND your accomplishments. Why settle down with a bozo?
Problem is that not all men are bozos. Plenty of good ones, but you have to put yourself in position to get one. You also have to recognize what a "good one" is. If you're waiting on 6'2", young Idris Elba clone that checks all boxes.....well, you're going to be waiting. The tippy top-shelf men have options and you have to COMPETE for those men. This is where some chicks get confused.
The average woman >> the average man. The top man >>>>> all others.
Why? Because a top man with looks/money/character etc., he can go for the baddies. He can go for the boardroom sista. He can go for the church sista. It's all a matter of preference.
Women tend to thirst after the same handful of guys, so they limit their own options. Fallback men no longer exist in large quantities. If you spend your youth chasing Jamal Chaddington, Regular Joe Breh will be long gone by the time you wake up.
If you love a 5'9" accountant with a heart of gold and a dad-bod, your chances are much better. If you insist on "better" you have to accept that you may never find The One. Even if you do, he might not be marriage material.
If anything being focused on some perfect specimen that you can post on IG and make everyone jealous with is a symptom of low self esteem. Chasing dudes that don't want you and/or a relationship with you is a symptom of low self-esteem.
That said, this concept of women only accepting a 6'2 perfect jawline having, rich, famous, athletic, articulate man exists only online. If anything far too many women accept less than their worth. In some instances shyt is flipped and less than is actually put on a pedestal while the ideal is dismissed or even mocked (see: Ciara, Future, Russ).



