I find the reference to Heinlin at the end of the story quite interesting as I read the book many years ago. In the book, since there are many more men than women, polyandry is and important marriage form. Also in larger, communal marriages, the wise and experienced matriarch, has and important role in maintaining the smooth flow of human dynamics within the group. I must say, at the time I did not think of this as a libertarian statement, despite the fact that I also read several of Rand’s books around that time. Another interesting book of that period was Ray Bradbury’s “Stranger in a Strange Land” about a young adult Martian human’s reactions to life here on earth.
I call nonsense on the whole premise to this argument.