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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Interesting, what did they say monogamy gave us the advantage?
Monogamy prevailed because agriculture prevailed, not because polygamy failed. Socities and culture were built on monogamy, because of war; societies that were able to evolve fastest were those that could specialize their skills and produce food. By having agriculture produce food on large levels, other skills prevailed, like blacksmiths; it also enabled men to go off to war.
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It really focuses on 3 broad points.
1) It enabled us to "hide" sex away. That is, to stop making sex such an uncontrolled and central part of our life. This gave us the opportunity to focus on other things.
2) It gave us a secure place, with constant guardians and role models, in order to raise stable children.
3) It strengthens and emphasizes natural genetic gender roles.