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How is society more egalitarian? Old-world monogamous societies were egalitarian, today you have sexual inequality which leads to online movements like these.
by _csoz 8y ago
How is society more egalitarian? Old-world monogamous societies were egalitarian, today you have sexual inequality which leads to online movements like these.
To quote Houellebecq:
> “It's a fact...that in societies like ours sex truly represents a second system of differentiation, completely independent of money; and as a system of differentiation it functions just as mercilessly. The effects of these two systems are, furthermore, strictly equivalent. Just like unrestrained economic liberalism, and for similar reasons, sexual liberalism produces phenomena of absolute pauperization . Some men make love every day; others five or six times in their life, or never. Some make love with dozens of women; others with none. It's what's known as 'the law of the market'...Economic liberalism is an extension of the domain of the struggle, its extension to all ages and all classes of society. Sexual liberalism is likewise an extension of the domain of the struggle, its extension to all ages and all classes of society.”
- pjc50 8y ago> Old-world monogamous societies were egalitarian Not for the women. At what date in your society were women given the right to not be raped within marriage? (In the UK this was 1986, by the way)
- _csoz 8y agoi m talking about inequality in the sexual marketplace. if you re talking about equality of rights then i dont follow how "suddenly there's fewer people they can feel superior to"