MEN, WOMEN, AND MARRIAGE: Andrew Berman replies to Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan's arguments are misleading. Yes, marriage has changed dynamically throughout the ages. But marriage is not a hairstyle -- the different variations in forms of marriage have had positive and negative effects on the people and cultures who were part of it. I thought we were well past the shallow 'embrace change' arguments, but Mr. Sullivan seems stuck on it.

Second, Mr. Sullivan pushes David Frum's argument too far. Mr. Frum isn't calling for mandating traditional gender roles in marriage. Mr. Frum is arguing for supporting traditional gender roles which are traditional because they happen to work very well to various extents for most married couples. There's a difference between supporting programs that allow Mothers to stay at home with their kids and
preventing women from taking jobs outside the home. Mr. Sullivan is implicitly claiming that the pro-traditional-marriage groups want the latter. This is extremely unfair.
posted by Eve at 9:47 AM VOTE

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