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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
Our society is designed around a two person team. So many aspects of life are easier when you have a partner to help and support you. Living on your own is far more costly than living with a partner. Two individuals living in single small apartment will spend less money on the basics than two individuals living in separate accommodations. Buying a house will be easier with two incomes. Even if only one person is working I think it is still safe to say that the person with support will have more opportunities to succeed at work if they have someone at home to help out with the other aspects of life (cooking, cleaning, shopping, social events).
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I think this might be a relatively recent development in human history. Before that, I think humans lived and raised families communally. I'd be interested to see more anthropological research on this topic.
'Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality'
Forget what you think you know about the origin of species. "Sex at Dawn" sets out to prove that our prehistoric ancestors were happy and healthy, thanks in no small part to lots of egalitarian, polyamorous, noisy group sex.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newswee...sexuality.html
The survival benefits were immense: since there was no way of telling who fathered which child, children were raised by the community of foragers rather than single monogamous pairs. Everyone had lots of orgasms (women most of all). Women weren’t used as property or bartering chips, which led to more equality between the genders. That’s why men today are more interested in pornography featuring group sex scenes with multiple men and one woman, and why many people have a hard time staying faithful. It’s just not natural. Whew!
