Why the Donna Reed Show helped marriages while The Gilmore Girls hurt it. How boys started reneging on the social contract to become men back during the 1960s. From men who would marry and cherish and protect their wives...to mass arrested development, where little boys became 40 year-old adolescents. Men surrendered their natural authority in relationships. They renounced responsibility; so, the women had to step in. Whether in politics, business, or male/female relationships, nature abhors a vacuum.