These relationships are important, but they are not of the personal nature that I am discussing here. I believe the biggest obstacle in men and women relating to one another outside the marriage relationship, is the sex thing. Men have a difficult time separating the human and personal side of women, from the sexual and physical aspect of their natures. Some would call this the result of evolution, I call it human nature. If there were ever a sex obsessed society, it would be our society.
Sexuality permeates the media, the music, and the imagination of our society.
This is a difficult hurdle to overcome in developing a relationship with members of the opposite sex. Many men simply do not believe they would have the resolve to resist the possibility of a sexual relationship and therefore avoid pursuing such friendships. Liberal advocates of open marriage have tried to do away with the Christian idea of sexual faithfulness to one's spouse and have promoted sexual relationships outside of the marriage as a positive thing. However, open marriage experiments have always failed. I believe those liberals who are advocating multiple genders and open marriage and other similar weird ideas, think too highly of human beings.