The Earthly Marriage or Erotic Love
Since the court decision allowing same sex marriages in California was decided, people have cried out that it is the end of civilization and of the tradition of marriage. However, Marriage has been sick since the late 19th century. I think the 1950’s was when the tumor spreading through marriage turned malignant. That was when marriage became about sex rather than family. It is the earthly marriage or marriage for erotic and selfish reasons rather than for the purpose of having a family that began the slow death of marriage. The cancer has just simply spread to same sex marriage. Eventually, it will die with polyandry and our civilization will be thrown back into caveman tribes. The bad thing is that we will be cavemen with nuclear bombs!
Love over time has been sexualized and has turned from the heavens to the earth. Once it is no longer fun, it is over.
The sexualization of marriage and love has destroyed society. Marriage is more than just about pleasing yourself. It is about having a family which means that you will not always have happiness. The no-fault divorce was the first symptom. Then abortion. See, with abortion the men and women could now get out of being responsible. Then with this “woman can do it
all” crap which really means that women have to be like men and forget their femininity. The rise of porn is another deadly symptom. Another is the wussification of the white male. I remember when I was dating that men would brag that they love to cook and do housework. So if the man does all of the housework, what I am for, to look at? Am I some decoration? Is my husband just some diversion from my “girl’s night outs”, career, workouts, and shopping sprees? Why the heck get married? Oh, yeah, I forgot, so you can throw a kick butt wedding and go to a tropical island for your honeymoon. You can have a kid as long as it doesn’t ruin your figure and you can hire a nanny or day care.
Once women defeminized themselves and men expected them to (heck yeah! Now they don’t have to be responsible!) the family was dead! If marriage is for sexual erotic love, and men and women do not follow traditional roles anyway, then homosexual marriage is the next logical step.
I personally think a little Platonism is needed. . .
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I think many people do get married for the wrong reasons. I am only 25 and I have several friends my age who are already divorced. Having a good marriage is hard work and you need to work hard at it. The marriage is so much more important than the wedding.
Comment left on May 23, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
Yeah, I agree. I think the focus is more on the wedding than on the marriage itself.
Comment left on June 4, 2008 @ 7:29 pm