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Re:A 4-month online dating experiment using 10 fictional sin... by bencollier49 on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @04:08PM (#25203008)
An interesting corollary of this is that a lot of research has indicated that in societies with polyamory, the profusion of unmatched men actually destabilises society, leading to more frequent civil war.

https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2017/12/19/the-...

Re:A 4-month online dating experiment using 10 fictional sin... by nmfisher on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @02:36AM (#25206796)
Honestly, this is what concerns me most about China. There are literally 30 million more men than women. That's equivalent to the entire population of a mid-size country who will never marry. Add in unemployment and drugs, and you get an extremely combustible situation.

The rest of the world should worry, too. There are countless examples throughout history where wars have been started to put a lid on internal unrest. What's more, unmarried men are inevitably the ones sent to fight, so it's a solution that kills (pun intended) two birds with one stone.

Re:A 4-month online dating experiment using 10 fictional sin... by distant_hat on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @11:54PM (#25206157)
Polyamory is fairly rare in human societies, the link you pasted talks about polygamy. Polygyny has been practiced in a few societies and the numbers would be too few to conclude anything.
Re:A 4-month online dating experiment using 10 fictional sin... by starpilot on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @09:35PM (#25205398)
What might stabilize is it legalized sex work.
Re:A 4-month online dating experiment using 10 fictional sin... by jvsg on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @11:05PM (#25205935)
It's legal if you have the will. Most men don't want to meet prostitute. I think they have the desire to be desired, for what they are, and not for their wallet.
Re:A 4-month online dating experiment using 10 fictional sin... by jcims on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @06:12PM (#25204132)
At some point when going out isn't any fun there's not much to do but polish your rifle and your gun.