Monogamy

Is it possible that we only need to defend monogamy so vigorously because it’s unnatural?

Assumptions to examine

• Monogomy is vigorously defended
• Monogomy is unnatural
• That something is unnatural makes it bad

Counterexamples

What else seems natural that we also defend? Human rights?

Origins of monogamy

Presumably, we invented beds because the ground was uncomfortable. Is it possible that we invented monogamy because social-sexual dynamics were also uncomfortable?

Did we pair-bond in prehistory?

I do wonder if pairing off was even relevant in prehistoric times. Our closest ape relatives don't practice pair-bonding, as far as I know. So I wonder if sex was more like eating, if we can be crass for a moment. You have your favorite foods, but just because you love hamburgers doesn't mean you're going to eat hamburgers and only hamburgers for the rest of your life.