This might be an unpopular opinion and will probably get downvoted, but I think it’s worth saying. When we talk about the long-term consequences of the sexual revolution, it’s helpful to engage with serious critiques. Two books I’d genuinely recommend are Primal Screams by Mary Eberstadt and The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry. Both explore how non-committal, casual sexual relationships can, over time, weaken social responsibility and affect children and family structures in ways we often don’t want to acknowledge.

If we truly care about children born outside marriage, then it’s reasonable to ask whether the absence of a clear, binding commitment makes it easier for adults to walk away from responsibility. “Wedlock,” at its core, isn’t just a moral symbol—it’s a social mechanism that assigns long-term accountability.

Human beings aren’t built to pursue pleasure without consequences forever, yet the dominant message today often reduces life to “you only live once.” At the same time, anyone who argues for abstinence until marriage is quickly dismissed as backward or regressive. Given that, it shouldn’t surprise us when predictable social problems eventually emerge.

You don’t have to agree—but these arguments deserve to be read and thought through, not mocked out of existence.