Monogamy isn't natural, amirite?

Bro got caught cheating and is venting.

by Anonymous 9 months ago

😂😂😂😂

by Anonymous 9 months ago

Nah, Bro wants an open marriage and his missus said no.

by Anonymous 9 months ago

Monogamy is natural actually. Some animals mate for life. And we are just primates after all

by Filibertocorker 9 months ago

Yeah opinions don't matter much when talking about objective truths

by Filibertocorker 9 months ago

Not killing off weaker rivals isn't natural either. People need to accept that.

by Comfortable-Owl-6968 9 months ago

Actually I'm pretty sure it is natural lol, aren't some animals monogamous 😂?

by Dovieschmeler 9 months ago

No complex, social animal I know of is sexually monogamous, including swans, penguins & voles all animals that people assume are sexually monogamous for life, but aren't. I'm not saying animals- whether it's us or swans aren't capable of it. But I would say it's not the norm.

by Anonymous 9 months ago

An important point though is that the most successful societies throughout history have been monogamous

by UseChoice 9 months ago

Do you think the Roman Empire was a monogamous population? The British Empire? Do you think the royalty & commoners alike were sexually monogamous their whole life? No doubt with agriculture based societies evolving & quickly massively outbreeding forager societies over the last 10,000 years, monogamy started to be the expectation. But humans have a long track record in every society of not meeting that expectation in many cases.

by Anonymous 9 months ago

Don't do that, OP.

by TimeStunning8739 9 months ago

Uranium is natural. I doubt you use some as floors

by Anonymous 9 months ago

I wonder what impact non-monogamy would have on children raised in a more "natural" setting as OP puts it.

by Antonerunolfsdo 9 months ago

Naturalistic fallacy…. Probably a popular, but silly opinion

by Alysha09 9 months ago

For some people it's natural, for others it isn't. Personally, I have no interest in anyone other than my wife. If you can't be monogamous to one person and be happy, don't enter a monogamous relationship.

by Anonymous 9 months ago

Wonder why so many people pull off monogamy then. If you want to sleep with whomever whenever because you can you should establish that at the beginning.

by RecordingOpening5223 9 months ago

To get more specific, I'd argue it's a religious creation rather than a cultural one that has developed to be a cultural norm.

by Anonymous 9 months ago

But its present in other species?

by Camilaschaden 9 months ago

No. Religion didn't create monogamy

by Anonymous 9 months ago

what did?

by Anonymous 9 months ago

The need to inherit property

by Anonymous 9 months ago

Maybe not, but with the right person it's amazing

by AssociationSuper 9 months ago

Murder, theft, domestic violence, child abuse, animal cruelty, etc. have also been practiced in every culture/society ever known. I guess you could say that respecting other people's rights and property "isn't natural/instinctual" but this seems like a pointless observation,

by nellemoore 9 months ago

but I think people need to recognize it isn't instinctual or natural to humans. No, you need to recognize that if it isn't to you, then you're the statistical outlier here.

by Typical_Minimum3818 9 months ago

Naturalistic fallacy.

by Important_Reason 9 months ago

Monogamy isn't natural but death for infidelity is. If you observe animals in the wild they'll kill rival males and their offspring for mating w/ one of their females. Point is there are a lot of social constructs created by humans over time through trial and error to create order and stability so the natural vs unnatural argument is kind of dumb.

by Anonymous 9 months ago

Mostly agree, but monogamous pairing is true for plenty species.

by Antonerunolfsdo 9 months ago

Us included, I wouldn't be surprised if 90%+ of the world was monogamous. I think non-monogamy is mostly just a thing for rich people and western cultures.

by Anonymous 9 months ago