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Societal norms

JT

So this article got me thinking:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/t-magazine/artist-marriage-albers.html

A lot of what I think about as an artist and an austist, are what is typical or not in different situations.

But it is a given, typically, that we all partner with an individual and then remain monogomous for the duration of the relationship. Perhaps forever.

I don't not agree with this, I am myself in a monogomous relationship and very happy about that.

However, when did this singular rule become the way? It is unspoken that when you look across the animal kingdom, monogomous animal relationships are quite rare? Mostly animals have multiple relationships throughout their lives, so why then do humans pretend to be different?

I think there is a lot to be said for obtaining different things from different relationships. Why else would we require the cultivating of friendships if this were not the case?

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  • I know of one tribe in Congo who are not monogamous. The women raise a child with one man and romantic relations with another. There was a TV programme about them a few years ago.

    My friend is right. She said people come along in your life at different times and for different reasons. For some people that may be the same person throughout their life. For others it's different ones.  For some people they don't want or need that. Life isn't static and our relationships reflect that. 

    I wonder how much of a role religion and capitalism play in all of this.

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  • I know of one tribe in Congo who are not monogamous. The women raise a child with one man and romantic relations with another. There was a TV programme about them a few years ago.

    My friend is right. She said people come along in your life at different times and for different reasons. For some people that may be the same person throughout their life. For others it's different ones.  For some people they don't want or need that. Life isn't static and our relationships reflect that. 

    I wonder how much of a role religion and capitalism play in all of this.

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