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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by carlosjobim on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:07PM (#35025426)
There exists no society at all without marriage. The reason marriage is absolute central in all cultures and civilization is not because it's been forced onto people by bad men or because people think it's better, the reason is that cultures or people who don't practice marriage die out quickly.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by rsaesha on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:20PM (#35025513)
Which culture died quickly due to not practicing marriage?
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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by carlosjobim on Saturday March 04, 2023 @07:27PM (#35025900)
All of them. They couldn't establish themselves enough to leave any important traces in history and are effectively erased. Sexual liberation is not a new idea, the reason why it's not traditional is because it is unsustainable and can never grow to a tradition
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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by krapp on Saturday March 04, 2023 @07:45PM (#35026027)
You do realize people can have sex, procreate and raise families without marriage, right? "Sexual liberation" doesn't negate sex, it only negates the proscription of involuntary sex and gender roles through patriarchy.

Also:

>All of them.

All of whom? Surely you can give us specific examples. Your certainty must based on solid archaeological and anthropological evidence, right?

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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by flangola7 on Saturday March 04, 2023 @09:58PM (#35026560)
We complain about ChatGPT making brazenly false statements with complete confidence, yet we have humans out here saying things like this.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by thfuran on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:20PM (#35032352)
You're using your lack of evidence as evidence not of absence but of presence?
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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by justinclift on Saturday March 04, 2023 @10:40PM (#35026725)
To be clear, are you meaning strictly 1-to-1 "marriage", or are any of the many-to-one marriage types (poly, whatever) included?

Am curious, as the Saudi's seems to be "going ok" (for the males) with their harem approach. Not so much for the females I guess (no idea). That being said, their society seems to have lasted that way for a fair while now.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by metabro on Sunday March 05, 2023 @11:32AM (#35031088)
I know a lot of Saudi’s and also lived in the country. You are referring to a very small minority that practices polygamy. Most Saudi’s are in a monogamous marriage.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit roc... by carlosjobim on Monday March 06, 2023 @07:52AM (#35040374)
Marriage as a woman belongs to only one man and that man in turn has a duty to protect and support her and their children.
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