Marriage in the West has collapsed. There are probably a lot of things that have contributed to the decline but the primary culprit correlates with the rise of feminism. It’s difficult to discuss feminism because it’s one of those hot-button issues where women have an emotional trigger in their minds of what “feminism” is that’s amorphous and vague and plays into feelings of both victimhood & ambition. There also seems to be waves of an ever-increasing definition of what feminism is, up to what is now referred to as “toxic” feminism, though that too isn’t well defined.
As far as I can determine, here are the waves of feminism:
1st Wave: That's my wife. Doesn't cook, does whatever she wants whether I disagree or not, college degree, works half time in a professional occupation, primary child-rearer, cleans, makes family plans, agreeable. Because of the strong, independent nature of this manifestation, we were able to do things together that would not have been possible for me alone, but we were on the outer-envelope of being able to stay together because I wanted to be the king of last resort.
2nd Wave: Over the next quarter century, the disconnect between what men want and what women provide got wider & wider, resulting in a reduction in marriage & lots of divorces. Neither men nor women met the expectations of what the other brought to the table. Women absolutely refused to subjugate themselves to their husbands.
The 3rd Wave is “toxic” due to the woke mind virus. There is no compatibility between masculine men & toxic feminists. Masculine men can still match with the very few non-feminists women, and Low-T men can match with some feminists, but at least half of women are totally incompatible with men. Culturally, wokeness is finally on the defensive but it has not yet surrendered and can still make a resurgence if the Democrat party, which is the party of women, gets back into control. What happens from there is only speculation but the outcome is guaranteed to be bad. 3rd Wave feminism threatens the end of modern society.