Re:Explaining Sex Rate Changes
by luckylion on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:22AM
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Are the non-monogamous societies today that can rival the monogamous societies in their developmental state?
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Yes: western society is notoriously becoming non-monogamous, and it is indeed unrivaled.
"is becoming" != "is". If it does, it might very well fall behind as inner conflict consumes too much energy.
I would argue that western society is already non-monogamous, since in many countries about half of the couples divorce. This results in "serial-monogamy", that is certainly non-monogamous.
Re:Explaining Sex Rate Changes
by toasterlovin on Monday April 08, 2019 @01:09PM
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FWIW, I think most reasonable people would call this moving the goal posts.
Most people in western societies at any given time are engaged in monogamous relationships. In fact, it's a crime in the U.S. to get married when you're already married to another person. Western governments don't recognize polygamous arrangements for tax purposes, etc.