[thechat] King Preaches Abstinence to Parading Maidens

Chris Marsh chris at webbtech.co.uk
Fri Sep 13 06:48:00 CDT 2002


> > I agree with you - except for the presumption of it being the males
> > who should have the exclusive right to multiple partners.
> There's no
> > obvious sociological reason for it, the strict genetics of
> the issue
> > actually demand that it should work the other way around, and
> > - let's face it - that exclusivity is basically about the relative
> > power available to men and women, in an antiquated and really-quite
> > -unpleasant way.
>
> Let a woman enjoy polygamy. After some months, when she gives
> birth to a child, how would you decide about the fatherhood
> for that child?

If one lived in a society that had evolved emotionally enough that
synchronous polygamy was the norm, genetic father/motherhood would quite
probably become an irelevance. Society would create and mould the next
generation, rather than individual parents.

Regards

Chris Marsh





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