it's about wishing to achieve zero female promiscuity, because at the times all this stuff was dreamt up...
Mate guarding predates diversification of the primates to protect male biological fitness. Various cultural things inc marriage
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come from this drive of men to raise their own offspring & of women to have theirs provided for.
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oversexed, promoting a defensive mindset towards females ('mate guarding'). Something more is needed to explain xtian attitude.
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No, it wouldn't. Men increase their biological fitness by having as many sexual partners as possible.
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Wasn't your whole original point that the xtian position didn't make sense in this regard? I thought it was.
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might be behind this (or so I thought). I was suggesting a mechanism that I believe explains it better.
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But that doesn't make any sense. Marriage is a cultural thing.
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now you've lost me?
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where do honor killings fit into mate guarding?
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I cite a source on this in my Othello essay. http://helenpluckrose.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/an-evolutionary-psychological-reading.html …
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