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> The social dynamics between men and women have never existed like this. Not so, polygyny actually is the natural dynamic for the animal genus homo. https://n
by bmn__ 4y ago
> The social dynamics between men and women have never existed like this.
Not so, polygyny actually is the natural dynamic for the animal genus homo. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34538418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34538418
The age of enforced monogamy, which now has come to an end, lasted only a few thousand years, which is nothing compared to for how long we have already existed. What you think of normal is actually the anomaly.
I agree with the gist of the video that deliberate effort is required to engineer society in a direction where most men have a stake worth living for, not just the top 20%.