I'm all for removing the "government as husband" support systems. I also think having a good father is really important for women as well (having stable parents in general is a good idea).

I don't walk alone at night, and in general just feel better when my SO is around. I tend to be very logical, and not very impulsive, but I can get wrapped up and carried away at times. I have always trusted my father's counsel, and now my SO is the first person I go to when I need advice or insight. I think it's beneficial to have someone around that will snap me back to reality when I'm inclined to indulge unnecessarily in something, or that will call me out when my reasoning has been built purely to justify something that I just happen to want for no actual reason.

Throughout history, women were always chaperoned, either by older women, parents, or men when it came to courting. I think the 'I'm a strong woman' is a dangerous mentality for women to have when they go to bars and parties full of strange men that have zero reason to look out for their best interests. I can't tell you how many times female friends promised to 'look out' for each other and create a buddy system, only to abandon that set-up entirely the minute they met a hot guy. Repeated instances of these women waking up the next morning and realizing they had not seen, nor heard from several of their friends that they went out with immediately helped me conclude that I would never party with them. When I did hang out socially at a party, it was always with a smaller group of people (along with my closest male friends). I only drank when I was surrounded by people that had proved to have my best interests at heart, and even then I never actually got drunk. I was frequently horrified by the blind trust my peers put into strange men that they did little more than share a shot and a dirty dance with before disappearing to the man's living quarters who-knows-where. I once asked one woman if she was ever worried about how she'd get home the next morning - to which she replied "I just figured he'd take me to my dorm." These were college athletes, strong by female standards without a doubt. But put them in a tight dress, four inch heels, and after downing who knows how much alcohol - they were playing Russian Roulette not only with their sexual health, but also with their overall safety. Young people have a habit of thinking they are invincible, they take more risks without thinking things through. Most of these women are now married, and some have daughters of their own. I know they are not only ashamed of their wanton history, but they are also terrified that their children will not be as lucky as they were.

Having stable men that are trustworthy in your life isn't a hindrance, it's an advantage and a source of security.

I'll never think that muslim countries are doing things 'right' - but that's an entirely different discussion. Better to have a culture in the US that actually allows for and encourages community via going to church, being accountable, and even social policing in many cases (particularly when it comes to shunning/shaming poor choices). The need to follow certain standards (such as protecting your reputation, holding certain moral values, treasuring family loyalty and decency) and utilizing the standard's of the community to not only keep aberrant behaviors at bay, but also hold individual's accountable for their conduct.

I'd never support more interference in personal lives on the part of the government, but I do think that rebuilding communities, through a shared sense of obligation, responsibility and duty (with a renewed importance of Christianity/the church) would benefit society today. Anyone that made a foolish spectacle of themselves would be promptly ostracized, and a widespread re-adoption of more conservative moral values would put an end to a lot of reckless behaviors.

It's sad to see destructive prole behaviors (out of wedlock childbirth, careless sexuality, the demand that people be applauded simply for existing as opposed to actually accomplishing something) are just a few things I find fairly concerning and overall destructive to the stability of society.

There's so much we no longer value, but the real crime is that we glorify the people that make a mockery of those things that we once did find deserving of guardianship and preservation.