Men and Marriage. Sexual Suicide Revised &Expnaded Ed [1973, 1986, 1992, 2010]

"Timely when originally published, Men and Marriage is essential now given the the warlike climate of

male-female relationships, unfortunately fostered by radical feminism."

Rush Limbaugh

Men and Marriage is a critical commentary that asks the

burning question, How can society survive the pervasive disintegration of the

family? A profound crisis faces modern social order as traditional family

relationships become almost unrecognizable.

George Gilder's Men and Marriage is a revised and expanded

edition of his 1973 landmark work, Sexual Suicide . He examines

the deterioration of the family, the well-defined sex roles it offered, and how

this change has shifted the focus of our society. Poverty, for instance, stems

from the destruction of the family when unmarried parents are abandoned by

their lovers or older women are divorced because society approves of their

husbands' younger girlfriends. Gilder claims that men will only fulfill their

paternal obligations when women lead them to do so, and that this civilizing

influence, balanced with proper economic support, is the most important part of

maintaining a productive, healthy, loving society. He offers a concrete plan

for rebuilding the family in America. His solutions challenge readers to return

to these roles and reestablish the family values that were once so crucial in

staving off the ills that plague our country.

Gilder insists that it is time to reexamine what "liberation" has

wrought and at what cost. Only a return to traditional family values, he

contends, can stem the tide of disaster.

George Gilder is the author of Wealth and Poverty , the

best-selling critique of Reaganomics, The Spirit of Enterprise ,

Visible Man , Naked Nomads , and The Party That

Lost Its Head . He was a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and now writes

regularly for The Wall Street Journal and National Review about

material advances and their effect on society. His most recent books include

two other well-known social commentaries, Microcosm and Life After

Television.