Saw this recently which just piles onto the mountain of evidence in favor of what we all likely suspect: Monogamy is not the natural state of human reproductive relations. It is the result of a deliberate campaign to alter human behavior to serve the needs of modern civilized society, and it requires some sacrifice from both sides of the coin.
Men must sacrifice our innate yearning for sexual variety, along with our desire to bid for young and fertile women as long as we're alive, and in return get dramatically reduced downside risk of going through life entirely sexless and loveless.
Women must sacrifice their innate yearning to submit to an extremely high status man far out of their league, so to speak, and in return get to enjoy undivided love and affection from an ordinary man.
Unfortunately, we've hit a snag: The younger generations are largely unwilling to sacrifice. As a collective, we want to have our cake and eat it too. That is, we've come to expect and demand the upside of the monogamy trade-off without being willing to incur the downside.
I don't need to go into how today's ever-increasing number of single women have unreasonable standards compared to what they offer, yet still harbor a whiff of bitterness that their Prince Charming has yet to ride in and make their fairy tale dreams come true. It's what has caused men to need game and nudged all of us into this community.
Even if you believe women are *mostly* to blame for the current state of gender relations, the only men gung-ho about monogamy these days are betas who would be relegated to lifelong virginity in a non-monogamous society. Most men who have the power to achieve a harem lifestyle now exercise that option well into their 20's or even 30's; I do not believe that was the case in previous generations.
Ironically, in accordance with "progressive" ideals, society is gradually regressing back to its natural, yet less desirable, state that dominated thousands of years ago.
I'm not asking anyone here to give up "enjoying the decline," so to speak. But we must keep in mind that in order to stave off the decline, monogamy must be actively encouraged. Like pushing aside bacon to instead eat spinach, it goes against everyone's evolutionary directive. But such sacrifices are constantly necessary if we are to maintain a civilization where humans don't just live like animals with slightly larger brains.
Men must sacrifice our innate yearning for sexual variety, along with our desire to bid for young and fertile women as long as we're alive, and in return get dramatically reduced downside risk of going through life entirely sexless and loveless.
Women must sacrifice their innate yearning to submit to an extremely high status man far out of their league, so to speak, and in return get to enjoy undivided love and affection from an ordinary man.
Unfortunately, we've hit a snag: The younger generations are largely unwilling to sacrifice. As a collective, we want to have our cake and eat it too. That is, we've come to expect and demand the upside of the monogamy trade-off without being willing to incur the downside.
I don't need to go into how today's ever-increasing number of single women have unreasonable standards compared to what they offer, yet still harbor a whiff of bitterness that their Prince Charming has yet to ride in and make their fairy tale dreams come true. It's what has caused men to need game and nudged all of us into this community.
Even if you believe women are *mostly* to blame for the current state of gender relations, the only men gung-ho about monogamy these days are betas who would be relegated to lifelong virginity in a non-monogamous society. Most men who have the power to achieve a harem lifestyle now exercise that option well into their 20's or even 30's; I do not believe that was the case in previous generations.
Ironically, in accordance with "progressive" ideals, society is gradually regressing back to its natural, yet less desirable, state that dominated thousands of years ago.
I'm not asking anyone here to give up "enjoying the decline," so to speak. But we must keep in mind that in order to stave off the decline, monogamy must be actively encouraged. Like pushing aside bacon to instead eat spinach, it goes against everyone's evolutionary directive. But such sacrifices are constantly necessary if we are to maintain a civilization where humans don't just live like animals with slightly larger brains.