[lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 30, Issue 59

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Wed Jun 7 06:37:03 PDT 2006


Yoshie wrote, "Few people have practiced monogamy except when they have been forced to do so, and even then they have flouted the law or custom, even at the potential cost of grave penalties. It's human nature to be a bit nutty and a bit slutty, to use David Brock's infamous phrase against the grain. Lust doesn't last. It's monogamy that needs explaining, if anything."

Many people across practically every known culture have practiced monogamy. Many people across practically every known culture have engaged in promiscuity and/or infidelity. The conflicting tendencies to stay and stray are strong within most of us (again, across virtually all known cultures). This is why sex, romance, and love give rise to vast amounts of, well, conflict--or did you think the messiness of sexual relations was unique to Western culture?

-- Luke



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