Identity Politics in a Nutshell

The 1960s were a ' fulcrum point' when the West started to lose its way, he says. The promise was that artificial contraception adopted en masse would strengthen marriages by giving people control over their fertility. Instead of strengthening marriage, the post-revolutionary world saw a marital breakup on a scale never before witness. Abortion became ubiquitous and fatherless homes are now the norm in many parts of the West. But what we really aren't looking at is that children of these homes grow up without a model for how to create this institution called the family themselves. This is the paradox I keep trying to drive at.