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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

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Is Marriage a Thing About Love?

Donna Brazile: "There has been a double standard since marriage was invented" She says the secret is that women get bored with monogamy much sooner than men. In hunter-gatherers and matrilineal societies, women are free not to worry about what their partners want or how they're going to pay for it. But this doesn't mean she can't still have an affair if she so chooses; we just don't show her respect anymore. The most erotic aspect of sex in modern society is when two people sleep together at one time because there's no other option.

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