1. False.
Eberstadt shows herself to be pro-woman but anti-sexual revolution.
Her central claim is that letting the culture run wild and
unhinging sex from its context of marriage and family makes sex
unmanageable not just free and fun.
2.
True. The sexual revolution is responsible for the collapse of
marriage. However, progressives and feminists say ‘good riddance’ to bad
rubbish regarding the nuclear family. (pgs 41-44
Humane Vitae predicted four evils if reproductive technology use would
become widespread:
2. A rise in infidelity.
3. Discord between the sexes as documented by the sexual revolution’s defenders, e.g. feminists. (pgs 145-149)
4. Coercive use of anti-reproductive technology, e.g. Chinese government, India and Indonesea. (pgs 144-145
22.
D. Romance is a tenderness, a caring, a “sacredness”
to the physical and emotional behavior between a couple. Sex between the
spouses is one of the natural ends of romance.
This end is thwarted by pornography and a contraceptive mindset
because sex becomes “safe” in this mentality but sex is inherently wild
and creative by nature, procreation being an aspect of that.
28.
Consider that it has to do with what people are educated
with. People can be educated
with spurious ideologies, including the atheist humanist presuppositions
of communism. Related to this presupposition is the understanding that
religion is just self-hatred and superstition. The formation of this
presupposition has to do with the vested interest of our own pleasure
and indulgence in combating any sort of prudent response to government
or sexuality –I want “X,” be it a perfect world that has no housing
shortage or food shortages (promises of communism), but without any cost
on my part, such as humility, charity and interpersonal assistance… let
the government manage away poverty and homelessness. Alternatively, I
want all the pleasure in sex and I don’t want any of the
responsibilities involved with sex, especially children.
These are both examples of delusional presuppositions that do not
understand the nature of the relationships involved. There is no such
thing as justice without personal responsibility (as opposed to state
“welfare”) nor is there any such thing as sex without marriage and
family. These are the intelligent and proper context of each. A spirited
denial or even a mindless and unstoppable project or push to make it
otherwise cannot replace the indispensable role of mindfulness with
regard to either government or sex and family.
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