Comment on question for the culture
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoYou are confusing a subtype of monogamy with all possible variants of monogamy.
You’re describing patriarchichal, state/religiously sanctioned and ordained marriage.
I’m describing two people who are just having a relationship with each other, who discuss and agree to how that relationship works.
Doesn’t have to involve religion or even the state.
Just a commitment between two people.
I’ve gone to significant lengths to explain how yes, monogamy is often formalized in a fucked up way… but it doesn’t have to be.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
hey, if you seen in other threads in this conversations, my main goal is for people to question normative monogamy. even if I still disagree with monogamy, and you still agree with it, I’m just glad you didn’t absorb that concept uncritically.
one of my issues is that it is the norm, therefore the default, and socially considered the expectation, and even the only proper way.
nothing normative should be inetenalise uncritically. even if you agree with it after thinking about it.