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The most basic change in family life has been almost
complete sexual liberation. Contraception is nearly 100%
effective, easy to use, and cheap as air. Sexually transmitted
diseases have long since been reduced to the nuisance
level. Children are usually the result of a medical procedure,
not something that can accidentally follow sexual
activity. Almost any citizen of the Fifth Wave can enjoy
virtual sex without need for emotional commitment. On
the whole, most Fifth Wave citizens regard sex as a simple
recreation, certainly one which involves deep-seated emotions,
but otherwise without consequences.

This trivialization of sex has led to dramatic
changes in the institution of marriage. In most
Fifth Wave societies, it is quite rare (and even
regarded as eccentric) for a man and woman to
insist on a lifelong, sexually exclusive partnership.
The most usual formal relationship is a limited-
duration contract, its provisions spelled out and
enforced by law, for a specific purpose. Some couples wish
to secure a business partnership, others to raise children,
still others simply to enjoy one another’s company for a
few years. Many people don’t bother to be even that formal,
and simply exchange partners as they please, sharing
a home or not as they please.

While this (somewhat informal) heterosexual
monogamy is still the most common partnership style,
there is a wide variety of alternatives: same-sex couples,
single parents, group marriages of various kinds, surrogate
parenting, and so on. All of these styles can now
produce children of their own. Single parents
can clone themselves or have a child designed
for them. Same-sex partnerships can mingle their genotypes
in their children, as can group partnerships. Even
posthumous reproduction can take place, with the child’s
design based on the genotype of a dead parent. Any of
these children can be incubated by a surrogate mother or
an exowomb, if necessary.

The legal status of these variant family styles varies
from place to place. Some jurisdictions, notably in Australia
and New Zealand, legally recognize the full range.
Others are more restrictive, especially in the United States,
Latin America, and some European nations.

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