You succinctly described the state of marriage in the United States culture. As you note, family life was changed forever as the result of the Industrial Revolution. Taking one step further, the family has continued to change as a result of the normalization of dysfunction in American society. Not only has government created a war on the family through legislation but the entire welfare system and mass incarceration has propagated a society in which marriage and the commitment it requires is viewed as unnecessary and archaic. Furthermore, divorce and sexual deviance have undermined and debilitated the strength of the family. “Due to the continuing high rates of divorce, reconstituted families, shared custody, and single-parent homes have become
