Or we can read it as "average people for the most part struggle under sexual mores that elites find congenial" -- whatever the intentions of the OP. There are those who want to ban divorce and institute other bad and zany policies, and I do not want any part of that.
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I'm happy that people aren't bound to bad relationships- but I think a revisiting of the idea of commitment *in this freer, more egalitarian context* might be fruitful. Both men and women may get emotional stability (or something less Folklore Psychology) out of bonding.
Yeah "emotional stability" not the best description. Intimacy, love, trust, continuity, shared purpose, some of that jazz
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i have a lot of evidence that one can build those things without either massive social punishment for failing to maintain a stable pairbond or the common usage of "commitment" which is about exclusive genital lockdown!
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I think you can and those you know can, but a lot can't. Low-openness people, for example.
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yeah, spose that's fair. i guess after working a lifetime to have unusual capabilities i should consider that maybe it worked
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Contortionists happily contort, number theorists happily theorize, while the bystanders are just scared and confused
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*frightened and bewildered would have sounded better there. Also, thank you for the sustained good faith argufying. A nod in your general direction.
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it is my pleasure, weird sun pal!
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