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Originally Posted by octothorp
Although I think that the whole argument is moot, because it attempts to use historical record to explain what is 'natural'. That somehow, what our ancient ancestors did was somehow superior than the behaviours that our more puritan recent ancestors held. (Not sure if that's the message of the book, but that's certainly the tone of the review.)
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This last part plays into my earlier questions. We have a tendency to construe what is ancient or "natural" as correct over and against those things that have developed in accordance with society and culture. I am wondering if we are on the verge of witnessing a similar such development. Are traditional conceptions of love and marriage, and the connections between lust and infidelity becoming obsolete in a more sexually liberal society? Not that monogamy is "wrong" or "unnatural", but is it becoming an increasingly unrealistic ideal?