Earlier the very idea of marriage was producing good citizens.
Now that sex has been succesfully separated from marriage
and marriage from producing good and noble children
the seqeunce of marriage...sex...babies is almost forgotten!!! 
it is not necessarily bad.
those who followed the sequence . what did they achieve .
are they happy at the end of life.
most end up more miserable than they were at the beginning of life.
women get used by husband , children .
they are unable to enjoy their sex life which they have as duty and not for pleasure.
they hang on with husbands they do not care for in dysfunctional marriages.
their children do not particularly care for them after their marriage.
ultimately it is a lonely journey.
sex and marriage , the sequence carries no meaning whatsoever.
there is nothing like absolute nobility or good
it is relative and degree of good depends on relationships which are nurtured and many times not reciprocated later.