The relationship that always gets mysteriously left out in these explanatory theories is the relationship men have with each other. That was the first line of defense that fell and it fell hard. Men are supposed to police each other, hold each other accountable, hold each other to high standards. Men didn't used to tolerate other men being disrespectful (let alone abusive or predatory) towards women or children. This was the first social norm to be taken down, so that instead western men would build camaraderie around their moral failures. Mind your own business, everyone is guilty anyway. This is what started the domino effect. More and more women became deeply unhappy and stressed in their marriages, less and less women felt safe or secure. This allowed the steps that followed in tptb destroying the family. Things will never get fixed unless western men can take responsibility again, but too many are still seduced by the narrative that "then one day, for no reason at all, women were willing to consider the government as an alternative spouse".