However, as we can immediately see, propaganda about the value of something is scarcely required if that thing does in fact have value. Brad Pitt or George Clooney would never benefit from a system of “arranged” (i.e. enforced) marriage, since they have their pick of women anyway. No, it is the man that no reasonable woman would want to marry who devoutly wishes to have marriage forced upon women. Institutionalized coercion is all about attacking someone for noncompliance with an “ethical” absolute.
