(September 21, 2023 at 6:37 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: a good reason might be the natural adult sex ratio is close to 1:1, there is widely, and reasonably, perceived social stability danger when the society find itself with a large pool of young heterosexual males without prospect of mates. so it adequately rewards the society to find strictures that allocate available marriageable partners on a close to a 1:1 basis.
That’s only a partial answer. It seems that if all forms of polyamory were allowed under law, the imbalance would cancel itself out.
It’s also a somewhat patriarchal view, as it doesn’t address polyandry.
Boru
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