Is Polygamy A Better Deal For Women?
In a Nutshell
Scott Galloway argues that modern dating deregulation has concentrated sexual access among top-tier men, creating "Porsche polygamy" where most men lose out. A paper claims polygamy could actually benefit women by giving them the choice to share high-status men rather than settle for lower-status partners. However, behavioral data shows humans still default to serial monogamy despite cultural changes, suggesting monogamy remains the stronger natural pattern rather than imposed social control.
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Scott Galloway describes current dating dynamics as "Porsche polygamy" - where attention concentrates on a small number of men in online dating. A recent paper suggested that monogamous marriage functioned as affirmative action for men by redistributing sexual access more evenly across the male population. The paper used the phrase "DEI for men" to describe this dynamic. Most men fall outside the top 10-20% in attractiveness, so monogamous norms served to pair men with women one-to-one.
Monogamous marriage represented a form of "sexual communism" that has been dismantled through deregulation of the dating market. This deregulation began around the 1960s and has reached late-stage consequences. The manosphere right has called for reintroduction of sexual norms, while some women are developing new frameworks to manage the unregulated marketplace.
Demisexual describes individuals who only sleep with people they have emotional connections with. Sapiosexual refers to attraction based on intellectual stimulation. Solopoly describes single people who sleep around, essentially a term for traditional Lothario behavior.
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