same-sex marriage

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British

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anthropologist

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London School of Economics

innovator in the field of

history of anthropology

sadomasochism

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Academia Europaea

scientist

university teacher

anthropology

Anthropology and Anthropologists

The Invention of Primitive Society

is symptomatic of, and threatens to exacerbate the trend in western societies to downplay the procreative aspect of marriage, leading to a disproportional emphasis on the individual rather than the family unit, resulting in people becoming more willing to abandon their responsibilities, leading to broken homes, a plummeting birthrate, and countless other social pathologies that have become rampant over the last 40 years.

Some argue that the link between marriage and procreation is not as strong as it once was, and they are correct. Until recently, the primary purpose of marriage, in every society around the world, has been procreation. In the 20th century, Western societies have downplayed the procreative aspect of marriage, much to our detriment. As a result, the happiness of the parties to the marriage, rather than the good of the children or the social order, has become its primary end, with disastrous consequences. When married persons care more about themselves than their responsibilities to their children and society, they become more willing to abandon these responsibilities, leading to broken homes, a plummeting birthrate, and countless other social pathologies that have become rampant over the last 40 years. Homosexual marriage is not the cause for any of these pathologies, but it will exacerbate them, as the granting of marital benefits to a category of sexual relationships that are necessarily sterile can only widen the separation between marriage and procreation.

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