Geoffrey MillerVerified account

Furthermore, anyone motivated by the NY Times to assume that what I meant by "enforced monogamy" was anything other than social convention favoring stable pair bonding can think whatever they want, as they no doubt will anyway...https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/998087424814256128 …

Do you advocate even stronger social stigma against people in polyamorous and open relationships, including continued stigmatization by therapists and clinicians? Asking for millions of friends.

It's a simple question about whether @jordanbpeterson advocating social pressure for monogamy also includes social pressure against poly and open relationships. The second seems logically entailed by the first.

It really is such a shame that his comments got blown up in a misunderstood way. This is a fascinating discussion when the point is properly understood. And your point is a a great one.

I'm very interested in the argument that widespread polygamy is bad for a society because of the surplus men. But I don't know if that's identical to what you're describing or whether it's ethical to promote monogamy even if it had a positive effect.