Stigmas on generally self-destructive behavior are goodhttps://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1187509000516132870 …
Most replies to your tweet reveal that most anti-polyamory stigma is due to ignorance, envy, insecurity, jealousy, misogyny, sex-shaming, and/or moral panic, not to rational assessment of poly's costs & benefits to individuals & societies. If you to set up a real debate, DM me!
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I'm genuinely curious if there have been any societies that benefitted from polyamory over socially enforced monogamy.
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Polyamory was only developed in the 1990s, so it's too early to tell. I have a
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Geoffrey, do we know if polygamy is stable in such a complex society?
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Higher Order, do you understand the difference between polyamory and polygamy?
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Isn't this just "people don't agree with me because they're ignorant?"
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Most people who aren't poly are ignorant about poly, in my experience. It's a good Bayesian prior.
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Non monogamy causes civil war via Pareto distributions of sexual selection
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You do realize that *both sexes* can have multiple partners, do you? That's a game changer compared to past polygynous systems.
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Kind of slightly on Ben's side but would love to see a discussion (not a debate!) with him and Professor Miller.
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Maybe a future Sunday Special with this guy,
@benshapiro?
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