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Article #1529Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
From: John D. Palmer
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 05:52
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 05:52
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Hmmmm. I don't think I agree with the turn this discussion has
taken. I recall spending some time visiting in a sexual dependency
clinic and the people there sure weren't happy. . . it made me wonder
about sexuality and whether or not monogamy made one healthier.
Well, I didn't get an answer, but it does seem that IF humans are
'naturally' monogamous, it would seem that these people had paid the
price for going against their nature. . . but, well, all of them had other
problems.
The point is, something being 'natural' does not mean that it ALWAYS
happens. . . I am 'naturally' right handed, yet I can change to being left
handed with a great deal of work and trouble. (I admit, though, that I
have never remained left handed for long so I don't know if it gets easy)
Why could it not hold the same for other possibly inborn behaviors?
(ie I don't think that humans are not naturally monogamous because
they aren't monogamous. . . I think that one would have to find a large
incidence of happy polygamy to prove that they aren't)
Crazyman
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