COMMENTARY: USAID has been systematically exporting the sexual revolution to countries that do not want it.
by Jennifer Roback Morse February 13, 2025, at NCRegister
The recent freeze on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) expenditures has brought attention to that agency’s unaccountability and waste. But the problems with USAID run deeper than merely wasting taxpayer dollars or being opaque about its activities.
Despite funding some worthwhile recipients, USAID has been systematically exporting the sexual revolution to countries that do not want it. Contrary to popular opinion, the sexual revolution is not the result of spontaneous cultural movements or impersonal historical forces. Much of the sexual revolution has been invented, bought and paid for by governments at the behest of sexual radicals who do not represent anyone but themselves. It is bad enough when Western radicals manipulate the governments of their own countries. It is outrageous when they inflict ideological imperialism on poorer countries that actively dislike the toxic sexual culture of the United States.
The American public is rightly outraged about USAID’s waste of their taxpayer dollars. But let’s stand back and look at this from the perspective of the recipient countries and their self-determination: U.S. foreign policy is interfering with their desire to avoid becoming as morally corrupt as the U.S.
Just take the Trump administration’s opening salvo against USAID. The White House’s Feb. 3 list of “ridiculous” and “malicious” USAID projects included:
About the Ruth Institute
The Ruth Institute is a global non-profit organization, leading an international interfaith coalition to defend the family and build a civilization of love.
Jennifer Roback Morse has a Ph.D. in economics and has taught at Yale and George Mason University. She is the author of The Sexual State and Love and Economics – It Takes a Family to Raise a Village.
To get more information or schedule an interview with Dr. Morse, contact media@ruthinstitute.org.
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