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I largely agree. My point was not to criticize non-monogamy per se or to suggest that it should be completely avoided. To wit: the human experience is infinite
by thwayunion 4y ago
I largely agree.
My point was not to criticize non-monogamy per se or to suggest that it should be completely avoided. To wit: the human experience is infinitely varied and consenting adults should be free to address the special circumstances of their own lives in whichever way works for them.
However, non-monogamy isn't a reasonable solution to the epidemic of sexual loneliness characterized in the article. With respect to the issues you raised this is nearly tautologically true because the epidemic is amount single people rather than sexually incompatible couples.
Further, the hypothesis that non-monogamy (or prostitution) can solve the epidemic of sexual loneliness merely by virtue of increasing the supply of sexually compatible partners is misguided.
- kragen 4y agoI concur, and I find the quasi-economic formulation of the problem somewhat repellent; I think it tends to inhibit the kind of thinking that's needed to form meaningful and intimate connections with other people.
- thwayunion 4y ago> I find the quasi-economic formulation of the problem somewhat repellent Totally agreed. I'd even go so far as to assert that, for people who use this language and are sexually lonely, the very best thing they can do to end that loneliness is to stop thinking of other people as economic goods. Most people crave intimacy and are repelled by objectification.