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Doesn’t monogamy predate nearly all religions on every continent on earth? How is it a western ideal?
by ed25519FUUU 5y ago
Doesn’t monogamy predate nearly all religions on every continent on earth? How is it a western ideal?
- dotancohen 5y agoIn the specific case of monogamy, I have many neighbours that don't practice it (they have two, three, or even four wives) yet when I mentioned that here I was met with disbelief, denial, and even hostility. However, these people live in a society that developed under the idea that many men would not grow to adulthood, so this is how they deal with the excess of women. And even today, where the children do expect to grow to adulthood, they continue to have a dozen children per wife. So obtaining a wife (or more) is a goal that presses the adolescents to achieve things in life. What motivates a Western child to achieve things in life?