Katie Breckenridge

That same culture also now prides itself on sex practices outside of marriage, which leads to the normalization of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, hookup culture, socially-accepted pornography use, and the generational pain and trauma that comes with those practices. The Sexual Revolution of the 1960s in the United States changed how society views marriage, children, fertility, and even the purpose of the family itself. It brought with it a mindset that separated marriage from procreation with its new attitude, that sex didn’t come with any real consequences. It promoted the idea in society that marriage is simply “a piece of paper.”