Thoughts on the Sexual Revolution

Opium Smokers, Qing Dynasty

Surely by now it is clear that the “sexual revolution” has been a mistake. It has produced a civilizational crisis; its effects have been worse than a nuclear war. Love between men and women has broken down. The family, the very cornerstone of all social interaction, is in collapse. Social trust has broken down. We have stopped having children. We have taken to mass importing immigrants—only a temporary fix, and bringing with it terrible problems: the disappearance of great and ancient cultures.

To be blunt, we have all become sex addicts. Like Qing China succumbing to opium addiction; but this time the problem is universal.

What needs to be done:

Abortion must become illegal. And not trivially illegal—it needs to be treated as murder. 

But Pope Paul VI was right; that alone is not enough. Contraceptives too should be banned. Sex must no longer be seen as mere voluntary pleasure.

Adultery should become illegal. Fornication—any sex outside of marriage--should become illegal. To be fair, and effective, this must include homosexual sex.

No-fault divorce must end. And, not incidentally, the concept of marital rape must end. Marriage must be enforceable as a contract, or it is meaningless. There must be clear duties and expectations for both parties.

The sexes should be segregated in public when feasible—for reasons that were always obvious to our ancestors, of every culture. This is the only way to reduce the epidemic of, on the one hand, sexual harassment, as testified to be the “me too” movement, and, on the other, false accusations of sexual harassment. This is the only way to restore trust between the sexes. Otherwise it is always “he said, she said.” No more co-ed schools. No more co-ed universities. No more co-ed workplaces. We need to reverse the dangerous policy of integrating voluntary associations, from Rotary to the Boy Scouts. It has killed civic society. People have stopped joining, and we need these groups.

No doubt there is more that we could do; but the real problem is that no democracy is able to do any of this. We are dealing with addicts.

This, unfortunately, gives a huge advantage to authoritarian governments—only they might be able to make the necessary changes. And this in itself is alarming.

But then authoritarian governments like China have actually squandered the opportunity. It is only too convenient for those seeking power to distract their populace with sexual pleasure to keep them quiet and submissive.

So the only hope is spiritual revival.