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"Because that's how it's always been" is rarely a sound argument.
by 1stranger 11y ago
"Because that's how it's always been" is rarely a sound argument.
- reustle 11y agoIt makes sense in this case, though. It is human nature, and has been so for who knows how long (hundreds of thousands of years?).
- Natsu 11y agoA long-term, widespread adaptation can be if this was a trait that was selected for in an evolutionary capacity.
- brc 11y agoActually, it is a pretty sound argument when it comes to describing human behaviour. Things are often they way they are because it works on a macro and micro level. Sure, some things get into weird feedback loops and drift to silliness, but for the most part, if you see something working for a lot of people, they're not doing it just because of tradition. The OP is absolutely correct in that many people will find it better to specialise in child-rearing and income-generation for a two-parent family. That doesn't mean one doesn't do child rearing and the other never works, but the primary responsibilities will fall down that way. That's how it has been for a millennia or three, and that's likely how it will stay. Behaviours like this are all about reproductive success so that's why they the way they are.
- plonh 11y agoHave you not noticed that a few centuries ago society and technology made evolutionary instincts for reproductive success mostly obsolete? Do you think that a boy with a stay at home dad will fail to impregnate a woman before be dies?