It's been about fifty years since women won their rights (in the court of public opinion) to be full participants in Western society. They now dominate education (in teaching and attending), the health professions, and many other aspects of professional/administrative life.

Their "coming out" has had a profound effect on society, so perhaps it's time to take stock because when you examine the state of Western society in 2021 (compared with 1971), I believe it is difficult to make the case that (other than gadgetry) we are now better-off now, particularly if you use (as a yardstick) how the children of Western society are faring.

We now have two generations of young people that are not doing so very well (not all, but incredible numbers, just the same). And although much of the blame for recent the epidemic of emotional imbalance can (anecdotally) be laid at the feet of social media, where is the outrage from the mothers (and fathers) who are watching their children psychologically implode?

Unfortunately we appear to be watching the dis-integration of our society in real-time while many in leadership positions seem quite concerned with "proper" pronoun usage and how only white people are racist. They celebrate this dis-solution of the family, of the education system, of all institutions, offering nothing in their place (other than the idea of transferring wealth and power to themselves via one-party political rule).

I am all for equal rights under the law and structuring society such that it can offer each individual the greatest opportunities to succeed, but somehow the conversation has ignored the role of the individual themselves and the responsibility we all have to the subsequent generations.

Perhaps it is time for women in leadership positions to acknowledge the idea that children are the most important asset of any society, and since they bear the greatest burden of bringing children into the world, they might wish to re-prioritize this role. The notion that you can have you cake and eat it too has morphed into a narcissism where many young women seem to have little desire to have families, a certain death knell for any society.

I would be interested in hearing from young people and how they view their generational crisis. Are you guys anything more than what many of you appear to be...wondering hordes blankly staring at the precariously hold you have on some pseudo-reality downloaded to your cell-phones?