I don't feel that issues surrounding fidelity are pertinent to this discussion. However, I also don't believe monogamy is anything but a social construct, but perhaps one that was necessary as a foundation to creating civilization as we know it. I believe we can learn quite a lot from the behaviors of our primate cousins and see how their actions, while seemingly crude, often are seen as echo's in our own beings. For example gorillas will often kill the offspring a female has with another male when he takes her as a partner. We might see this as domestic abuse. The way they mate could also be seen through a human lense as rape.
I think a thread about this topic could be compelling as well.
Is it normal that sex workers are looked down on?
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I don't feel that issues surrounding fidelity are pertinent to this discussion. However, I also don't believe monogamy is anything but a social construct, but perhaps one that was necessary as a foundation to creating civilization as we know it. I believe we can learn quite a lot from the behaviors of our primate cousins and see how their actions, while seemingly crude, often are seen as echo's in our own beings. For example gorillas will often kill the offspring a female has with another male when he takes her as a partner. We might see this as domestic abuse. The way they mate could also be seen through a human lense as rape.
I think a thread about this topic could be compelling as well.