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> Modern monogamy can be understood as writing different chapters with different people. Some people will have a longer word count than others, but there is no
by aleph_minus_one 3y ago
> Modern monogamy can be understood as writing different chapters with different people. Some people will have a longer word count than others, but there is no expectation that one story will last forever.
Why introduce a new term "modern monogamy" for this? There already exists a term for it: serial polygamy:
- https://www.lsd.law/define/serial-polygamy https://www.lsd.law/define/serial-polygamy
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serial_polygamy https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serial_polygamy
- kreutz 3y agoBecause then it's not new. /s
- mathgeek 3y agoWhile the two are similar, polygamy in any form implies some form of marriage or other legal binding. The term being made up here doesn’t require the marriage aspect. If an individual is divorcing and remarrying, then you’re correct.
- halfnormalform 3y agoOddly enough, the phrase "serial monogamy" describes the same exact thing! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serial_monogamy https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serial_monogamy
- aleph_minus_one 3y agoWikipedia on this (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polygamy&oldid=1173114616#Biological_and_social_distinctions https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polygamy&oldid=11...): "serial monogamy, marriage with only one other person at a time, in contrast to bigamy or polygamy[.] Some definitions of serial monogamy consider it to be polygamy, as it can result in evidence of genetic polygamy. It can also be considered polygamy for anthropological reasons." So, "serial monogamy" vs "serial polygamy" seem to be two different interpretations of the same phenomenon: - Serial monogamy: multiple monogamous relationships - Serial polygamy: a polygamous relationship where the individual partners/relationships are separated in the time domain (like time-division multiplexing (TDM) in engineering: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Time-division_multiplexing&oldid=1157803800 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Time-division_mul...).
- mrweiner 3y agoI’ve always heard it referred to as serial monogamy, as in a series of monogamous relationships. Either way, don’t see how calling it “modern” adds anything to the understanding of monogamy. Does anybody really hear monogamy and think that there’s no way the relationship will ever end?