Comments on: Monogamy http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/04/monogamy/ Gender Liberation Beyond Feminism Thu, 17 May 2012 21:35:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Deva Ariza http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/04/monogamy/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 Deva Ariza Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:45:59 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=621#comment-1523 I agree that in traditional arrangements men do provide the financial support, sometimes by engaging in dangerous work, sometimes not. But this does absolutely nothing to explain why men are given name recognition for the work that traditional women do, raising children at home. Why is is that men get credit for the work they do AND for the work the woman they mate with does? I agree that in traditional arrangements men do provide the financial support, sometimes by engaging in dangerous work, sometimes not. But this does absolutely nothing to explain why men are given name recognition for the work that traditional women do, raising children at home.

Why is is that men get credit for the work they do AND for the work the woman they mate with does?

]]> By: Pelle Billing http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/04/monogamy/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Pelle Billing Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:48:35 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=621#comment-1519 I agree that women offer men a lot, but I think you're forgetting what men offer. Men offer to support the whole family financially (in traditional societies) even if that means working long hours in a mine, building roads, or some other dangerous activity. I agree that women offer men a lot, but I think you’re forgetting what men offer. Men offer to support the whole family financially (in traditional societies) even if that means working long hours in a mine, building roads, or some other dangerous activity.

]]> By: Deva Ariza http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/04/monogamy/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Deva Ariza Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:00:49 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=621#comment-1514 Is it fair to say that monogamy benefited/benefits men *more* than it benefited/benefits women? I'm thinking of contemporary societies in which women have less recourse to divorce than men (particularly Islamic). Perhaps these are merely confounding factors which happen to occur jointly with enforced monogamy, but do not necessarily have to... In any case, I would argue simply that women bring more to the un-socially-constructed table. What men offer women has primarily had to be constructed, i.e. access to money and hierarchical power. What women offer men is bodily, a force of nature. Sex, food, children... And yet, in traditional societies where monogamy is expected and people play traditional gender roles, we continue to see children raised by mothers but named after fathers. Why? Is it fair to say that monogamy benefited/benefits men *more* than it benefited/benefits women? I’m thinking of contemporary societies in which women have less recourse to divorce than men (particularly Islamic). Perhaps these are merely confounding factors which happen to occur jointly with enforced monogamy, but do not necessarily have to… In any case, I would argue simply that women bring more to the un-socially-constructed table. What men offer women has primarily had to be constructed, i.e. access to money and hierarchical power. What women offer men is bodily, a force of nature. Sex, food, children… And yet, in traditional societies where monogamy is expected and people play traditional gender roles, we continue to see children raised by mothers but named after fathers. Why?

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