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[vicarz]

"Well, I'm a christian, and I think since it takes one man and one woman to make a child, that it's only natural that it should take them to raise it..."
(off-hand comment from an intern)

I was thinking about Dan Savage quoting literature that monogamy isn't natural, that humans have a long history of other behaviors. Now, I'm all about whatever creative permutations people have on fucking - but to declare that perhaps monog doesn't work because it's not what we evolved to do?

Other things that aren't natural:
Sitting down for more than an hour
Jobs
8 hours doing any one thing
Having plenty of food available to eat
Life spans over 30
leather harnesses with associated O and D rings
The ability to say no to people larger than you are with societal enforcement of your refusal
arch support
parasite free water
showers
razors and associated smooth skin mmm

Comments

[desiringmachine.livejournal.com]

i didn't read savage's point that way. i don't know which specific column it was anymore but i am pretty sure what he was trying to get at was that monogamy is not for everyone (but if it works for you that's totally fine), and the 'natural' examples were just a few to shoot down the 'fundy christian sex in marriage is the only thing that's valid it's natures way' argument. i don't think it was meant to be applied to our entire lives, just to refute something else.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Actually I think you're right but I was taking cheap shots. He probably was shooting down the "it's natural" argument.

I usually counter briefly with "rape and murder are natural too."