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Can you explain why the trade she describes is regulated the way it is that doesn’t involve traditions and superstitions around power and sex?

• avidiax 3y ago
  Monogamy as a norm is about stability. Without it, what would tend to happen is that many more men would have no wives and families. Which means they have relatively little to lose. Which could tend to make your society unstable, since these men have little reason not to flip alliances, revolt, defect, etc. Hence laws and consequences for adultery, prohibition of an open market for non-monogamous sex, etc. The traditions and superstitions are just the implementation of the idea.
  • flangola7 3y ago
    Terminal delusion. Beyond parody.
  • CPLX 3y ago
    > prohibition of an open market for non-monogamous sex Are you fucking kidding? Have you heard of Tinder? You’re just reinforcing the authors point, which is that we treat this situation noticeably differently, for “reasons”
    • xcxcx 3y ago
      I tried your Twitter account but it's no longer available without a login, do you have a self hosted blog I can check out?
    • avidiax 3y ago
      Are you allowed to have a tinder profile that says '$350/hr'? That would be an open market.