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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by kikokikokiko on Sunday October 29, 2023 @09:50AM (#38058642)
Historically, the % of women that were able to reproduce is something like 90%+, while the % for men was in the low 20s or something. At least from now on it seems that women will "become equal" to men in regards to biological dread.
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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by lotsofpulp on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:01AM (#38058740)
How historically is this, caveman era with harems?

I have not (yet) seen any relatively modern stable society where 80% of men don’t have children. Having that many men with not much to lose would, presumably, be a destabilizing force.

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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by Detrytus on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:22AM (#38058906)
How about "modern" Muslim societies where polygamy is still a thing?

Also: Just because you are married, and your wife gives birth to a child does not necessarily mean that it's your child :) Nowadays, with contraception and paternity tests available, the number of guys unknowingly raising another man's child is around 2-3%, but it was much higher in the past.

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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by kelipso on Sunday October 29, 2023 @11:19AM (#38059368)
It's still very rare even in Islamic countries. Look at this map.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/12/07/polygamy-...

It's basically just Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and sub-Saharan west African countries that have >1% rate of polygamy and only the African countries that have more than 5%. Not exactly the most stable countries.

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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by sarchertech on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:42AM (#38059050)
There’s an argument that monogamy is a requirement for what we’d consider a stable society, specifically for that reason.
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