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>which made it socially acceptable for men not to commit to raising families. I'm sure the government assistance rules that discourage marriage (i.e. the sever
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
>which made it socially acceptable for men not to commit to raising families.
I'm sure the government assistance rules that discourage marriage (i.e. the several thousand year old stable child raising family unit) aren't stalling that trend.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoMarriage as we know it probably formed to fit the needs of an agricultural society. We aren’t that any more. For hundreds of millennia before that, humans lived in small tribes, and that was natural for that environment. I don’t know yet what our post-agricultural living arrangements will turn out to be, but it might not be the nuclear family.