A man no longer has to carry the burden of being the sole provider for his family. He no longer has to marry any woman he impregnates. He can demand that she have an abortion and so escape the consequences of a one-night stand. Many of today's young women are not homebodies willing to stay at home and raise children. They want equal rights in the bedroom as well a flourishing career.
Women can be as sexual aggressive as men.
It's a man's fantasy come true. It's unfair to equate the downfall of the American family to the sexual revolution and the women's movement. It is too complex a problem to blame on any one factor but one cannot deny that many negative conditions resulted from the disappearance of the American housewife. I, myself, will forever be grateful for one very positive result of feminism. Thank you, Ms. Steinem.