meanwhile, on Reddit

[kanzeon_2040]

Today I had my most popular social media post of all time, with over 1000 likes.  All I did was share a meme on the poly subreddit.  I didn't create this meme, and I don't know who did.  I saw it on Twitter, posted by somebody who saw it on Tumblr, but they didn't say from whom.  The meme is not signed.

Something I'm finding more interesting than

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[matrixmann]

Hm... I wouldn't ultimately call it "toxic" because of this feminist fight term "toxic masculinity", that kind of agitprop bullshit...
But, you can say, monogamy has its fallacies - and it puts limitations upon thought.
And because of it being the social standard in society, it causes some problems - to people who actually don't fit that standard. Seen from mental as well as physical needs.

Ah, I'm gonna pick out some points here to discuss, right?

"- the normalization of jealousy as an indicator of love
- the idea that a sufficiently intense love should cause you to cease to be attracted to anyone else
- the idea that your insecurities are always your partner's responsibility to tip-toe around and never your responsibility to work on
- the idea that your value to a partner is directly proportional to the amount of time and energy they spend on you, and it is in zero-sum competition with everything else they value in life
- the idea that being of value to a partner should always make up a large chunk of how you value yourself"That'

Part II

[matrixmann]

"- the idea that commitment is synonymous with exclusivity"This once is a thing you can address as a reproach to monogamy being a social standard