“We often think of relationships between two people, but in the future, I’d like to see more consideration of relationships between communities, groups, and countries. Could the global community wake up and grant all people a sense of dignity, respect, and freedom?” I’d also like to see progress on nine key social battles. Today these are central pillars of the relationship landscape, and I think they will probably still be on the map in 25 years

1. Destigmatizing mental illness
2. Comprehensive sexuality and relationship education for all.
3. Integration of sexual health as part of relational health and overall health
4. Funding for research on male and female sexuality that goes beyond the entrenched biases. That includes research on female pleasure and on male lack of desire.
5. The rise of friendship parenting, between adult’s who want to co-parents but not necessarily be in a singular committed relationship
6. Family planning and marital rights for all
7. New and expanded definitions for what it means to be a man in the 21^st century
8. Parenting based on competency rather than just gender
9. Expanding our views of sexuality along the lifespan and broadening our understanding of love and sex after 60

-Esther Perel