Yes, men may get more power in polygamy than in monogamy. But I think that at the extreme end of egalitarianism marriage must cease to exist altogether.
I know single mothers who seem to have a series of us men who don't treat them well. Would the elimination of marriage altogether let even more guys say that they are free of responsibility yet free to procreate with these women? Isn't marriage therefore a protection, a power, for women.
So before we talk about politics when we want to talk about sex, let's acknowledge that it can only take us just so far. Then if Aimee finds that in the bedroom, her mind is wandering a little, and she therefore empathizes with those that would live in polygamy with others they also love, why should she be castigated?
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Yes, men may get more power in polygamy than in monogamy. But I think that at the extreme end of egalitarianism marriage must cease to exist altogether.
I know single mothers who seem to have a series of us men who don't treat them well. Would the elimination of marriage altogether let even more guys say that they are free of responsibility yet free to procreate with these women? Isn't marriage therefore a protection, a power, for women.
So before we talk about politics when we want to talk about sex, let's acknowledge that it can only take us just so far. Then if Aimee finds that in the bedroom, her mind is wandering a little, and she therefore empathizes with those that would live in polygamy with others they also love, why should she be castigated?
June 16, 2009 - 11:32pmThis Comment
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