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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
And how does Monogamy hide sex away (1) and strengthen gender roles (3)
(I'm to assume by 'strengthen gender roles' they don't mean a housewives?)
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Monogamy forces human beings to make a tradeoff in regards to sex. On hand, in a healthy relationship, they are guaranteed sex. But, they also are restrained to a single partner. It essentially strengthens personal discipline, as well as a host of other human traits. Loyalty etc...
Look, I'm not saying that all polygamy doesn't work, or that by itself it is immoral (although personally I believe it is, but I can't expect others to think the same). What I am saying is that polygamy as the basis for a society, or even given equal recognition to monogamy in a society, is simply not healthy.
To sounds slightly ethnocentric here, monogamy is clearly the superior social base. I guess it depends on what a definition of success is, but societies that hold monogamous relationships to be superior, are more capable of adaption and at social mobilization.