We, as a society, simultaneously suppress depictions of sexuality while telling ourselves how enlightened we have become, as ‘shacking up’ becomes the norm, hardly anybody gets married, and ‘hooking up’ is a euphemism for casual sex.
Were we better off being less offended and more inhibited personally?
Marriage became economic. The state weaponized it as a way of transferring wealth from men to women.
I laugh every time I hear one of those TSA’s on sports radio talking about ‘Fatherhood’ and how men should step up and father their kids. Tax dollars made that ad too. So much acidic irony there.