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> Historically, it's been the case that a relatively small percentage of men have monopolized the available women of their time. Perhaps the most famous example
by general1465 1y ago
> Historically, it's been the case that a relatively small percentage of men have monopolized the available women of their time. Perhaps the most famous example of this was Genghis Khan, to whom something like 1 in 12 men in Asia and 1 in 200 men globally carry Y chromosomes linked to him.
Bible (2000 years old) is heavily pushing monogamistic relationship from a simple practical reason - horny man is angry man, angry man is aggressive man and a group of aggressive men can completely destroy whole society. Polygamist societies are rare and unstable. If over supply of men is not used for military expansion, then they will collapse society from inside.
- cindyllm 1y ago[dead]
- senordevnyc 1y agoSeriously, who could think it’s a good idea to setup society so that access to sex is reserved for whichever small group of men can violently triumph over the rest?
- rkomorn 1y agoI'd say at least some of these are people who take their cues from watching nature and see it work somewhat similarly for "revered" animals (eg: lions, bears, bulls, rams, etc). This is in no way an endorsement of that kind of thinking (or even saying that these folks are even right about what happens in nature).
- hn_throw_bs 1y agoThat’s why the stories of genghis khan seem like bullshit to me.