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Originally Posted by troutman
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!
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That's fine for a group of nomad humans, living in a hostile environment. However, as the population increases, I believe you have to have more structure in society to create stability, and religion has provided most of that structure to date.
I believe the sexually liberal society which has been influenced by the sexual revolution, of which pornography (particularly hard core) is a part, is not going to cause the downfall of humanity, however I believe it is a contributing factor in many of the problems in todays society. Some of the changes I see are:
- the tendendy of the young to form uncommitted commonlaw relationships in spite of potential legal, emotional, and childbirth hazards.
- increase in teen pregnancies
- increase in fatherless children
- increase in number of grandparents raising children
- virginity looked down upon
- increase in sex during first date
- reducing the sanctity of marriage
- increase in std's. etc.
I believe Western Society is starting to suffer to a degree because of the relaxation is basic ethics and morals that guide society. As evidenced not only in changes in the family, but also in business etc.
It's not easy to pin point the causes and how they all relate to each other. I believe it's the complex interpay of rising population, rising affluence, sexual attitudes, drugs, advances in technology, movement away from religion, etc.
In my opinion, there has never been a more important time in our history where society is more in need of the morals and ethics that come from religion and other sources. I think without the ability of humans to find some way of periodically recalibrating their moral and ethical compasses, they have a tendency to drift off course.
I can fully appreciate all the problems caused in the name of religion today, but to ignore or discount all the good it has done, and abandon it altogether is akin to "throwing out the baby with the bath water". I believe the answer is to participate in it, and influence the changes that bring it up to date, so that it can provide a more positive and guiding influence in society.