You expose some interesting assumptions on your part. Don't ignore that
"monogamy" is hardly identical to "narrowed sexual opportunities;" also
recognize that sexual behavior and breeding outcomes are also very different
things.

1. The initial opportunity sets (mono vs. poly) are identical, but once the
monogamous choice is made, the long term set is narrowed to 1 in the
monogamous case, and remains relatively unrestricted in the polygamous case.
The opportunities for variation are not "1 to 1" vs. "1 to many" as even
monogamous members follow selection and opportunity rule sets.

2. The breeding patterns and sexual patterns mon vs. poly are also not
ceteris paribus. Multiple sexual partners does not equate to multiple
variation in offspring- fertility rates between polygamous (sexual)
behaviors and monogamous (sexual) behaviors are not equal at all.

So the "benefit" [sic] of polygamous sexual behavior is quitre reduced
(particulalry in the human species) fronm the advantages we see among lower
life forms.

This entirely ignores the costs of polygamous sexual behavior, and
polygamous breeding outcomes, that are evident as well.

While I agree that many of my colleagues in the scientific community would
*wish* for certain conclusions to be true (global warming, benefits of
polygamy, equity of socialism, etc.), selective anlysis of certain data
(ignoring other evidence) does not make it so.

Regrettably, even the best mids are willing to be clouded by superstition
and faith.

Steve Swartz


"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
...
Abrigon Gusiq wrote:

Some recent work in sociology and like sciences, that humans are
actually damaging their gene pool by the idea of monogamy, that humans
for the most part are not meant to be monogamous..


I agree completely with them...how could it be otherwise?

Chimps and like, the Alpha male, lords over things, but often he is so
stressed he can not perform all the time, so the ladies go out and get
some sex from the other males..

Mike


The gene pool is weakened when sexual opportunities are narrowed
in any animal, and it's strengthened with a widening of those
opportunities. This is a well known fact and cannot be argued by
anyone.

This, of course, makes monogamy a damaging factor for the human
race.
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-Gord.