Talk:Monogamy

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I can't follow the logic

In the section "Cultural arguments":

"They allowed, even encouraged, poor men to marry and produce offspring, which reduced the gap in reproductive success between the rich and poor, thus resulting in the quick spread of monogamous marriage systems in the western world.[57]"

I can't follow the logic of this sentence. Why would reducing the gap in reproductive success between rich/poor result in "the quick spread of monogamous marriage systems in the western world"?

Surely the opposite should result?

Surely, the rich, who had more influence at the time on marriage laws, would not want a system that increased the poor's reproductive success at the expense of their own?

It would seem to me it must have been ANY factor other than a reduced gap between rich/poor in reproductive success that led to the the quick spread of monogamous marriage systems? --Phytographer (talk) 17:21, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I removed this claim, because I could not find anything in the source that actually makes this claim. ParticipantObserver (talk) 21:50, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Yet Even More Wikipedia Stupidity

"and become celibate upon the death of the partner"

This is just straight-up stupid. There are ZERO examples of "monogamy" where the surviving spouse is expected to remain celibate, and therefore unmarried, for the rest of their life, and yet the stupid article describes this stupid and non-existent condition as "classic" monogamy. How about classic Wikipedia STUPIDITY, instead. Such an important concept to Western Civilization, it's no wonder Wikipedia intentionally bastardizes it into this what-the-fuck-ever-this-is definition. What's next? "Classic" mathematics is founded on the idea that 2+2=5? Stupid. They aren't even bothering to hide it anymore.

2603:8081:3A00:30DF:40C:BF0D:F7B4:410B (talk) 20:17, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]