Shunning marriage isn’t the answer you think it is

It’s clear to me that men have been profoundly hurt. Women too have been profoundly hurt. There are those on both sides who would claim that their gender has been hurt the most, and that the opposite gender is the most to blame—“women nowadays” are all this, “men nowadays” are all that, women need to stop doing this before men ever agree to do that, or vice versa. That is a stand-off—and it has been for decades. If both sides are pointing fingers, waiting for the other to go first—nothing happens. Or things get worse. Which is what we’re seeing now.
Men need women. Women need men. Children need a mother and a father. Marriage and family is the only way forward. Feminism didn’t save us. The “manosphere” won’t save us. Shunning women won’t work any better than did shunning men.
MOST men want children. Most men want and need physical intimacy. Likewise for women. So shunning the opposite gender doesn’t work. And half-commitments that aren’t marriage don’t work. Because there’s something to be said for standing before God and community, and making a VOW. We ought work to ban no-fault divorce, but in the meantime, live your life as if it doesn’t exist. Live your marriage as if divorce isn’t an option. You do not have to let the culture, or “men nowadays,” or “women nowadays” bring you down with them.
And no matter what your current situation is, you have more of a vested interest in strong families than you might realize. Strong families are foundational to freedom.

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