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Ep249 - Dan Savage & Esther Perel | Love, Marriage, & Monogamy
Talks at Google
Monogamy Has Failed Us, and We Need to Rethink It
The way we talk about mong amy sets up all monogamous relationships for failure. Because what we tell people is that the sexual exclusivity is the most important marker of love and commitment. And if they believe, because they have been told that love and desire is the zero some game where you must not be in love with your partner any more, they will then act on that it undermines a monogamist commitment. It destroys relationships. We need to stop telling people that monogamy is the only thing that you have to execute perfectly a hundred percent of the time to be regarded as good at it.
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