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To: concerned about politics
Who are you to choose?

I'm a member of a society that considers exclusivity to be a value, even among people who are not particular about who they sleep with. The one-and-one thing is rooted in the ancient human institution of jealousy, and it's not going to be rationalized away. The only time multiple partner arrangements have been existant, there was a massive power imbalance between at least one of the parties, and the others. Even Biblical kings had a wife, and concubines, the harem of Islam requires a religious belief that a woman is officially one-fourth of the human being a man is.

I just can't see a society of equal people ever adopting multiple partner relationships for more than just a fling, which most would surely regret.

326 posted on 07/14/2004 2:18:05 PM PDT by hunter112
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To: hunter112

If strong minority want it, it will happen in the same mode.


328 posted on 07/14/2004 2:22:58 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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