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To understand the sacred institution of marriage, one has to take a historical perspective and also use statistical data in support of keeping the institution between a man and a woman.

There is no question that marriage has changed over the centuries. In early centuries, marriage was used as a tool to preserve family wealth or status. In many societies, woman had no choice in the man they married or the number of children she was to bear. Married woman were subject to persecution if they violated any laws of the marriage, while the men suffered no consequences. Men in these marriages had the final word on all household matters. All possessions that initially belonged to the woman was given over to the man. The world was exclusively paternalistic. Such an institution of this type of marriage was a reflection of the suppression of other groups. The psychological effects of children (both boys and girls) in these marriages were not considered.

Some women in modern society, particularly in the western culture, felt marriage was a prison, and wanted careers of their own. The growth of women in the workforce skyrocketed after World War II. Just as more women entered the workforce, the rate of marriage began to decline and/or the rate of divorce increased. At the time of this drastic social shift that occurred mainly between 1946-1980's, many women dismissed the psychological effects of children when a divorced occurred just as they had done in previous generations. Also during this time, high-profile academic women had access to mass media to persuade the public on a particular agenda. If one were to go back to the political commentaries of the 60's and 70's, it is quite clear that the "woman's" view took a relatively liberal slant. This view became the de facto view of all women in society, largely through the proliferation of its message through mass media. Some of the implicit messages of the view were that marriage was indeed a prison, children limits the career goals of women, most men are physically abusive, insensitive, and given priority, and that if a father was absent, it would have no effect on children. Strangely, many women in society had the "superwoman" syndrome: take care of work and children all by themselves. Women also pushed certain legislation that insidiously favored them and put men at a disadvantage: i.e. child support payments, custody rights, visitation rights, etc...

So what has all this "war between the sexes"

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