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[โ€“] krashmo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it really surprising? Monogamy has been essentially socially enforced for millenia at this point.

[โ€“] kennismigrant@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Monogamy has been essentially socially enforced for millenia

In some cultures only.

[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Perhaps the ones where people feel viscerally disgusted by its alternatives.

[โ€“] sndrtj@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

In most. And effectively all of any serious size.

[โ€“] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah but if you see monogamy as bad and immoral and try to explain why ... somehow I expected at least some understanding. I thought other people were afraid to say what they really think.

Edit: it was a while ago, I was young and naive