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Simone Collins: Optimized Dating, Parasocial Relationships, and Societal Collapse

From the New World

CHAPTER

The Evolution of Monogamy

The idea is that, you know, you have these kind of evolutionary tendencies to commit like basically egalitarian crimes. AndBasically, you needed Christianity to contain that impulse even if it manifests in other ways. Why? Because a society that has more forced monogamy reduces the number of free radicals who are becoming sexually frustrated for not having partners. By by reducing that inequality,  you're going to end up with more stable and therefore more productive societieswith lower rates of crime, rape, terrorism, all sorts of social ills.

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