Needless to say, civilization loses out bigtime. As do most women, as feminism has the side effect of actually diminishing the supply of desirable men for women.
For the last several thousand years, civilization has been supported by the tendency of men to want to have a wife and family, and being willing to work hard to provide for their families. A man who is single and does not see much hope of getting a wife will work just hard enough to furnish himself with food and beer.
This whole thing rested on women NEEDING to have a husband to support and protect her, and not having a choice but to accept the best proposal she seemed likely to get before 30.
Yep, turning the average (and below average) man into a family man is one of the cornerstones of civilization. That cornerstone is now slowly but surely being hacked away at.
As an aside, Devlin wrote a good series on the topic:
“Home Economics, part one”:
http://www.thornwalker.com/ditch/devlin_home_ec_01.htm
Yup. That’s pretty much it.
And in a year or two, will be again (brief reference to the economic meltdown).