Monogamy Vs. the Alternatves
"Smash Monogamy" was one of the rallying slogans of the 1960's Feminist Radicals. Many of my generation accepted that a long-term relationship with a single male person was stultifying and outdated, and, as a result, remained single.
Some of them are regretting that today, as they face old age alone.
Does marriage have down sides? Of course. It can be difficult to bond in an exclusive relationship with someone, particularly as the relationship may last for 25-50 years of one's adult life. That higher figure would be the length of a marriage between a couple married in their early twenties, and living to the current average - around 75 years old.
However, the advantages, which include protection, mutual support, sharing child raising responsibilities, joined financial strength, and increased familial connections, can outweigh those restraints on individual freedom.
An anthropologist examines the "It Takes a Village" hypothesis, so popular with Feminists, Academics, and Leftists (but, I repeat myself).
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Some of them are regretting that today, as they face old age alone.
Does marriage have down sides? Of course. It can be difficult to bond in an exclusive relationship with someone, particularly as the relationship may last for 25-50 years of one's adult life. That higher figure would be the length of a marriage between a couple married in their early twenties, and living to the current average - around 75 years old.
However, the advantages, which include protection, mutual support, sharing child raising responsibilities, joined financial strength, and increased familial connections, can outweigh those restraints on individual freedom.
An anthropologist examines the "It Takes a Village" hypothesis, so popular with Feminists, Academics, and Leftists (but, I repeat myself).
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