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Originally Posted by Plato  he's actually a very clever and enlightened guy |
While I have no problem with polyamoury whatsoever, I have to disagree with the statement that this guy is clever and enlightened.
Without debating the article point by point and doing too much of a major derailment, I can at least make two points:
- Neither I nor any woman I have ever known have ever been unable to control ourselves during ovulation or any other time of the month. I can see very well how this pertains to primates, but humans do have the capability of reason (yes, even females) and use it. Not once have I so desperately, hormonally needed sex that I would throw all caution and my personal values to the wind to do things like: cheat on my mate, get down in a dirty public restroom, not give a flying fig who I did it with.
- I don't like being called a slut by anyone! Also, that's a put-down (or is supposed to be) that I have ever only heard used by men (who themselves usually fit the definition of the term moreso than the woman they seek to defame by using it).
Knowing that people actually subscribe to ideas such as this actually frightens me. What a bunch of tripe!
I understand that there is an evolutionary urging to do certian things, but humans have the added capacity of rational thought. The idea that we are ruled by our bodies and our instincts in the same way as other animals doesn't hold true in my experience.