Interesting article - Monogamy unnatural
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Interesting article - Monogamy unnatural
| Mon, 08-02-2010 - 8:11am |
Here's an interesting opinion piece:
Monogomy Unnatural for Our Sexy Species
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/27/ryan.promiscuity.normal/index.html
Story Higlights:
- Christopher Ryan: True nature of our sexuality silenced by religious authorities, society
- For 95 percent of our evolution, men and women shared partners, children, Ryan says
- Ryan: Advent of agriculture brought idea of private property, women as possessions
- Nonpossessive sexuality is natural, but we can opt to be monogamous, he writes
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Good article, Lexi..
Though it'd be argued that "we've come a long way since then", similar practices as followed in current communal living settings across the world as here in the States, do shed a light to our ancestral past, especially in child rearing and shared labor, not necessarily partner swapping, though who knows really..
I think the challenges we face today, we meaning literally our little group, come from the conflict of that genetic past with the imprint of history and culture since we left the caves and started farms and built year-around homes.
I would see this article not as a licence to endless cake eating as much as shedding a genetic background to situations we find ourselves in.
Also, interesting point the article makes about penis sizes and PE. Now, if only us men would see it that way.
Thank you for sharing.
Great article! Love the part where it said "just because you've chosen to be vegan, it's utterly natural to yearn for an occasional bacon cheeseburger".
Much peace & Love,
Rayne
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