Food for thought
America's Fidelity Crisis
Moral hypocrisy aside, American men and women still battle a fidelity crisis. While our church and state expect monogamy, we know that this is an ideal rather than the nature of our real lives. We witness men in power ride the waves of temptation, get caught, proclaim contrition and eventually catch more waves. Advertisers brashly use the possibility of sex with someone other than our own spouses to sell products and anyone whose taken Anthropology 101 knows humans are not by nature a monogamous species. Long time couples readily agree that the thought of sex with the same person year after year isn’t as interesting as sex with someone new. Thus our internal non-monogamous “demons” duke it out on a regular basis with what our culture tells us will keep our families intact and our reputations secure.
As someone who talks to people everyday about their sexual behavior, I have to agree with what Dr. Wolfe is saying here. Most of us give lip service to monogamy, fidelity and "til death do us part" but few of us actually practice what we preach. How much happier and safer a world would it be if we were just honest about our real behavior rather than trying so hard to present a facade to the world for the sake of society's fickle approval?
Found thanks to geminibalance
Moral hypocrisy aside, American men and women still battle a fidelity crisis. While our church and state expect monogamy, we know that this is an ideal rather than the nature of our real lives. We witness men in power ride the waves of temptation, get caught, proclaim contrition and eventually catch more waves. Advertisers brashly use the possibility of sex with someone other than our own spouses to sell products and anyone whose taken Anthropology 101 knows humans are not by nature a monogamous species. Long time couples readily agree that the thought of sex with the same person year after year isn’t as interesting as sex with someone new. Thus our internal non-monogamous “demons” duke it out on a regular basis with what our culture tells us will keep our families intact and our reputations secure.
As someone who talks to people everyday about their sexual behavior, I have to agree with what Dr. Wolfe is saying here. Most of us give lip service to monogamy, fidelity and "til death do us part" but few of us actually practice what we preach. How much happier and safer a world would it be if we were just honest about our real behavior rather than trying so hard to present a facade to the world for the sake of society's fickle approval?
Found thanks to geminibalance