I disagree. I think immorality is exploding. Exponentially.
It is almost to the point now that few can remember when divorce and bastard children were rare...
@Bigun First of all,thank you for the book suggestion. I just ordered it from amazon.
@roamer_1 Your comment about "bastard children being rare" is maybe the biggest crock of crap I have ever seen posted. It was not only NOT rare 100+ years ago,it was WELCOME,even if rarely talked about in "polite company". ESPECIALLY in small communities in remote areas,where male strangers traveling through often received VERY "warm welcomes" by local wives because the locals recognized they NEEDED the "fresh outsider blood" injected (no pun intended) into their community to keep from becoming a tribe of drooling idiots.
There was also the problem of farmers who might be impotent or sterile needing babies in order to have strong young bodies to help with the farm labor. It took an insane amount of labor to farm prior to mechanization,and the more children you had,the more land you could put under the plow,cattle you could milk,etc,etc,etc.
There was also the question of sudden infant death syndrome,as well as childhood diseases and accidents.
Hell,back in the late 1800's people in the rural western areas of the US were organizing trains to bring orphans from the big eastern cities out west to be adopted to work the farms for childless parents.
Truth to tell,there were a LOT more "bastards" born before 1970 in industrialized nations than there are today. The only thing that has changed seems to be the fake outrage by the "moral majority",who seem to live in some sort of dream world,where up is now down,and down is now up. Or you just want to feel superior so you can do your little "superiority dances".
Do you know NOTHING about history? This is shocking given your "mountain man" pose.
BTW,respond if you want,but I can't guarantee that I will answer. I only visit this board now when I am bored,and plan to post only rarely.