Why do we, in this culture (western civilization) believe that men and women are meant to live together in some kind of symbiotic balanced relationship? People believe you have to search for a "compatible partner" and then you will stick together forever like positive and negatively charged magnets.
Has anyone ever considered that this is actually not natural, and when you look at the history of human relationships you very very rarely see this sort of thing in most cultures?
2007-02-12 06:19:23 · 8 answers · asked by martin h 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
Marriage was the church's idea...part of having control over people and dictating how they were to behave and think AND to help keep track with paternity of children.
Relationships are quite normal for the human species...it's monogamy and the idea of being with one person "forever" that has been taught to us and didn't come naturally.
2007-02-12 06:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fifty years ago, it was inconceivable for someone to live happily as a singleton. Now, it's finally possible, but not enough people are doing it. In an age when both men and women have financial independence, too many children are being born daily, and half of all marriages end in divorce . . . what's it all good for?
2007-02-12 14:23:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this idea has been considered by various sociologists. The evidence suggests that monogamous relationships (with periodic infidelity) are in fact the norm for most human cultures.
2007-02-12 14:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Yarb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not "natural". Human nature is self-centered. We love ourselves and so we will love those who please us. God's love is selfless love. In this tension between human nature (pride) and God's love (humility) we create forms of culture to imagine a false stability. Other false ideas of western civilization is that divorce will make you happier. We want quick fixes because we are selfish and don't want to change.
2007-02-12 14:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by wassupmang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it originated from human need to procreate( have sex) we also happen to have a conscience and it was intended to make the sex okay in everyone elses eyes. well thats what i think anyways
2007-02-12 14:23:11 · answer #5 · answered by C.W. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh really. mmm not in the books i read.
2007-02-12 14:23:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was dreamed up by a chick
2007-02-12 14:22:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
stop thinking so much and breath!!
2007-02-12 14:22:49 · answer #8 · answered by notyochic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋