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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by DaddyCoool: 2:48pm On Jul 01, 2023
advanceDNA:


How does this change the fact that men and women love sex and love variety...?? Dialogue with you is very weird... u dialogue like u want to win something....

You are the one obviously weird and talking like you are loko. One minute you are arguing vociferously, next minute you are saying "yawn... I'm tired", instead of simply conceding the point!
Dialogue should have a point. The point of this thread is NOT wether women enjoy sex, the question is, "in view of recent occurrences, are men polygamous by nature?" Your answer is, women also enjoy sex! Kolo!
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by advanceDNA: 2:52pm On Jul 01, 2023
DaddyCoool:


You are the one obviously weird and talking like you are loko. One minute you are arguing vociferously, next minute you are saying "yawn... I'm tired", instead of simply conceding the point!
Dialogue should have a point. The point of this thread is NOT wether women enjoy sex, the question is, "in view of recent occurrences, are men polygamous by nature?" Your answer is, women also enjoy sex! Kolo!

Conceding?? Are we in a competition.?? Na women also enjoy sex be my only point since morning?? U see why dialogue with u is weird.....Baba.... dey go abeg....

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by MySolace: 2:56pm On Jul 01, 2023
DaddyCoool:




See below
Nature punishes a woman for sleeping with a new partner - and rewards a man!
Uncle, d pics doesn't butress d scenario here.

Dat a guy gives out more sperm wen he meets new partner, or that sperm freak out vagina has nothing to do with issue at hand.

From d explanation, d females involved feels nothing about d implications of sleeping with new partner.

Let me explain myself using example; even wen much candy could be harmful to children, children feel nothing bad about wanting more of it... So, likely wit women, even wen multiple sperms can affect dia vaginal metabolism, dey likely don't feel/know d health implications.

U're rather talking about health implications of multiple sperms (partner) and not d sexual psychological habit of women.

The real discussion we're having is that a woman can desire u sexually as a man wen u must've satisfied her well. And not because of ur sperm. Sperm ke! So, wen u have a protected sex with a gal, she won't desire u, right? Since ur sperm has no contact with her vagina.

Dey play

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by DaddyCoool: 3:15pm On Jul 01, 2023
advanceDNA:


Conceding?? Are we in a competition.?? Na women also enjoy sex be my only point since morning?? U see why dialogue with u is weird.....Baba.... dey go abeg....

You are not only arguing out of point, you're also lying about it!
I made the simple observation that due to the the different biologies it gave them, Nature has made it more beneficial to men to be polygamous, evolution-wise, than women.
You jumped in with this statement verbatim, like someone loko:
men are not sexually different from women.... u are just choosing to see what u like...!
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by DaddyCoool: 3:48pm On Jul 01, 2023
MySolace:

Uncle, d pics doesn't butress d scenario here.

Dat a guy gives out more sperm wen he meets new partner, or that sperm freak out vagina has nothing to do with issue at hand.

From d explanation, d females involved feels nothing about d implications of sleeping with new partner.

Let me explain myself using example; even wen much candy could be harmful to children, children feel nothing bad about wanting more of it... So, likely wit women, even wen multiple sperms can affect dia vaginal metabolism, dey likely don't feel/know d health implications.

U're rather talking about health implications of multiple sperms (partner) and not d sexual psychological habit of women.

The real discussion we're having is that a woman can desire u sexually as a man wen u must've satisfied her well. And not because of ur sperm. Sperm ke! So, wen u have a protected sex with a gal, she won't desire u, right? Since ur sperm has no contact with her vagina.

Dey play

It has everything to do with the issue at hand. It confirms what we already know: that men are NATURALLY inclined to be more sexually aroused by a new woman than a woman they've been with for a while. Which of course has the corollary that men would tend to be polygamous by nature.
As to the female, if she tends to get infection with new partners, she obviously would tend to limit number of new sex partners she has. Stop arguing nonsense
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by advanceDNA: 4:17pm On Jul 01, 2023
DaddyCoool:


You are not only arguing out of point, you're also lying about it!
I made the simple observation that due to the the different biologies it gave them, Nature has made it more beneficial to men to be polygamous, evolution-wise, than women.
You jumped in with this statement verbatim, like someone loko:
men are not sexually different from women.... u are just choosing to see what u like...!

Lol.....Lying....?? Lying About what??
I jumped on and said only the above??
Ok ooo ..if thats all i said... no wahala...

Ive told u b4...dialogue with u is weird... someone else already told u something similar

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by lawani: 4:28pm On Jul 01, 2023
Kelechi009:


1. The women who sleep with men & pay, aren't they older women who have no options?
2. Have you ever seen a young beautiful woman in her 20s paying a man to sleep with it?
3. Who has paid to sleep with you? How many of them?

If a lady is seducing you, It means you are the best she is attracted to. To HER, you're the best she is seeing. If other men come toasting her, she will not allow them. There is a difference.

The reason why Female prostitution sells & male prostitution does NOT sell is because MEN can sleep with anything! Women don't do that!

Even if a lady just want sex, she will still NOT sleep with you if she does NOT find you WORTHY. You have to be worthy of her body, there is a big value on it. Except she is prostitute or hookup girl.

When a man wants sex, he goes out to pick any nonsense random girl. Women don't do this, except for few exceptions.

Prostitutes retire, so men don't just sleep with anything. Hundreds of prostitutes sleep with anything. Men don't do that. What I agree is men wants more of pleasure while women want more of reward or payment. However women engage in all kinds of cheating. With houseboys, security men, husband's younger brother, male subordinate and other random people

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Kelechi009: 4:54pm On Jul 01, 2023
lawani:


Prostitutes retire, so men don't just sleep with anything. Hundreds of prostitutes sleep with anything. Men don't do that. What I agree is men wants more of pleasure while women want more of reward or payment. However women engage in all kinds of cheating. With houseboys, security men, husband's younger brother, male subordinate and other random people

The reason why a woman would sleep with any of those people is because they already have comfort of their husband(financial security), therefore looking for attention & sex which is missing in their marriage. Once that husband throws them out, those women never return to those houseboys, security men etc. They begin to seek men who can give them more than just dick.

Also anytime you see a woman sleeping with houseboys, security men etc. It is because the husband is NOT satisfying her. No attention, no sex.

Meanwhile men on the other hand sleep around whether they are satisfied on not. It is like a thrill to them, like ad adventure!

Not the same thing at all.
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Kelechi009: 4:56pm On Jul 01, 2023
advanceDNA:


What exactly is wrong??
So women are not biological creatures that want sex..... women dont want variety...
Women are not driven by urge and impules??

Be deceiving urself...the day u find out ur babe fvks 3 dícks at the same time...u will know men and women are not sexually different.... society only curbed their drive and forced certain discipline on them by slut-shaming

Your response couldn't even counter any of the facts I laid out. You are just rambling.

I have given you several examples, I even gave you an example with Hypergamy that is constant in every civilisation but you don't have any response.

I know you can't because they are Facts.
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by advanceDNA: 4:59pm On Jul 01, 2023
Kelechi009:


Your response couldn't even counter any of the facts I laid out. You are just rambling.

I have given you several examples, I even gave you an example with Hypergamy that is constant in every civilisation but you don't have any response.

I know you can't because they are Facts.

I asked u how i was wrong?? If u dont want to answer thats fine....but expecting me to counter ur point...why.??.....if u are wrong i would counter it...they are just additional point to how women behave...

Why do u pple dialogue here like u have some prize to win....i dont get it...

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Franklin31: 5:06pm On Jul 01, 2023
DaddyCoool:


Those are outliers. The vast majority of women, no matter how much money they have, want an exclusive monogamous relationship with ONE man they are attracted to. Men are wired differently

It doesn't mean they are not attracted to other men when they are in a relationship. The patriarchy gives men advantage in marriage issues, that is why it seems that women are always satisfied with one man. The truth is that, as far as the patriarchal society is concerned, a woman cannot afford to abuse her marriage; the consequences are far greater than those of a man abusing his marriage. A rich woman who wants a sexual relationship that is not marriage (and she is the one who provides for the man) can easily get tired of the man and want a change.

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Kelechi009: 5:09pm On Jul 01, 2023
advanceDNA:


I asked u how i was wrong?? If u dont want to answer thats fine....but expecting me to counter ur point...why.??.....if u are wrong i would counter it...they are just additional point to how women behave...

Why do u pple dialogue here like u have some prize to win....i dont get it...

You are wrong. You claiming men & women are sexually the same is wrong. Women only give their body what they consider BEST person, while men give theirs to every woman available they see.

I just explained that men want more women (Quantity) and they really don't care about the quality of those women, therefore they are polygamous.

Meanwhile women on the other hand want the best man (Quality), and they don't care if 1,000 other women are dying to get that one man, they will also fight other women for it.

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by VenumX: 5:13pm On Jul 01, 2023
Çame late. Dont know where this thread was hiding.

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by lawani: 5:14pm On Jul 01, 2023
Franklin31:


It doesn't mean they are not attracted to other men when they are in a relationship. The patriarchy gives men advantage in marriage issues, that is why it seems that women are always satisfied with one man. The truth is that, as far as the patriarchal society is concerned, a woman cannot afford to abuse her marriage; the consequences are far greater than those of a man abusing his marriage. A rich woman who wants a sexual relationship that is not marriage (and she is the one who provides for the man) can easily get tired of the man and want a change.

A large number of women want peace of mind and when they marry and give birth they prefer to stay no matter what later happens especially if they have their own income.

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Franklin31: 5:14pm On Jul 01, 2023
Oyindamolah:
Men are naturally non-monogamous.
Men are also naturally monogamous.

Women are naturally non-monogamous.
Women are also naturally monogamous.

The question has no yes-or-no answer because the question itself is not well formed. It contains a false assumption: that there is one way people “naturally” are.

There isn’t.

There are evo psych “just so” stories passed around on pseudoscience Web sites about how men evolved to spread their seed and women evolved to seek the best man and so men are naturally non-monogamous and women are naturally monogamous and blah blah blah whatever, but it’s nonsense. I’ve never met a real evolutionary biologist who believes that.

The fact is, there is no one single reproductive strategy that is “best.” Every strategy involves tradeoffs.

And human beings—well, human beings are incredibly diverse and variable. That variability is our secret sauce. As much as our opposing thumbs and our big brains and our cooking fires and our tool use and our language, the fact that we have an incredible, unprecedented range of individual variability and an astonishing adaptability is what has allowed us to dominate the planet.

Different strategies involve different tradeoffs, so the human answer to that is…we employ all of them!

Stable pair bonds and cooperative child rearing? We do it! Promiscuity and its attendant genetic variability? We do it! Asexual individuals who help through kin selection? Yep, we do that too! Cooperative societies that provide a stable foundation for serial monogamy and extended kin groups? Sure, we’ll do that too! You name a strategy, there’s a human somewhere who uses it. We haven’t met a reproductive strategy we don’t employ.

All of this is natural. Monogamy. Non-monogamy. Serial monogamy. Kin selection. It is all natural for us.

Asking “are men naturally polygamous?” is like asking “Do men naturally have brown eyes?” Yes. And men also naturally have blue eyes. And hazel eyes. And green eyes. And gray eyes. And black eyes. There is no one eye color that men naturally have. There is no one reproductive strategy that men naturally use.

That’s humanity. We are large. We contain multitudes.

This is a very intelligent analysis, not all these narrow-minded views induced by societal norms.
I'm saving this comment of yours.

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Franklin31: 5:20pm On Jul 01, 2023
lavylilly:
Multiple signs show that humans are mostly monogamous by design. Males and females are roughly the same size (the small difference seems to have been inherited from Australopithecus, and has decreased steadily since), we seem to mostly share the inherent emotion of jealousy which makes no sense for us to have otherwise, most human societies have been monogamous, and so on.

A very intelligent analysis that deviates from this mentality imposed by societal norms.

But humans are also infinitely inventive, and in situations with shortages of men or women, societies have adapted and allowed polygamy or polyandry; up until very recently, it has been much more difficult or even outright impossible to be successful outside a family, so an excess of either sex was a problem to be solved.

And, of course, some people are born without any sense of sexual jealousy; those are today known as polyamorous. It seems to work fine, too, so that's obviously also part of our nature.

There were men who decided to be monogamous. They would have been religious men, so the the impetus would have been religious in nature.

My answer is based on the facts that:

1. Historically, men in general would never have allowed a woman to make this or any other decision, most especially if it affected the law or their sex life.
2. Religion has historically been behind most cultural ideologies.
So, to answer the question, many but not all human beings may desire to have sex with more than one person. Many but not all men may wish to have more than one spouse.

Men, who historically were in charge of everything while women stayed home, chose to institute monogamy. Other men decided to move their families into these societies. Sometimes human beings had these ideologies forced upon them by other men. As time passed, monogamy became the cultural norm for many nations and states.
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by PDJT: 5:22pm On Jul 01, 2023
1Sharon:


Don't try and use semantics to win an argument. We all know what marriage is.

Polygamous means related to polygamy and its the adjective of polygamy.

Polygamy means marriage to more than one woman. No pluses or subtractions.

The term you are looking for is promiscuity and not polygamy.

Go and marry more than one woman first and come back and talk about how "polygamous by nature" you are.

- Polyamory even.

- I think you and Mr. Daddy Coool should get a room already. Your affection for him is now glaring, no deception from you anymore.
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by lawani: 5:23pm On Jul 01, 2023
Kelechi009:


You are wrong. You claiming men & women are sexually the same is wrong. Women only give their body what they consider BEST person, while men give theirs to every one woman available they see.

I just explained that men want more women (Quantity) and they really don't care about the quality of those women, therefore they are polygamous.

Meanwhile women on the other hand want the best man (Quality), and they don't care if 1,000 other women are dying to get that one man, they will also fight other women for it.

The sleeping with anything argument is faulty to an extent because men need to be turned on while women can lead you on. They can have sex without being turned on and this is the main reason prostitutes thrive more than gigolos.

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by lawani: 5:26pm On Jul 01, 2023
Kelechi009:


The reason why a woman would sleep with any of those people is because they already have comfort of their husband(financial security), therefore looking for attention & sex which is missing in their marriage. Once that husband throws them out, those women never return to those houseboys, security men etc. They begin to seek men who can give them more than just dick.

Also anytime you see a woman sleeping with houseboys, security men etc. It is because the husband is NOT satisfying her. No attention, no sex.

Meanwhile men on the other hand sleep around whether they are satisfied on not. It is like a thrill to them, like ad adventure!

Not the same thing at all.

The fact is that they do it. Even women that married as virgins do cheat while there are former Oloshos who don't. It is a matter of integrity. No one wants to marry the worst, so hypergamy goes both ways

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by DaddyCoool: 5:38pm On Jul 01, 2023
advanceDNA:


Lol.....Lying....?? Lying About what??
I jumped on and said only the above??
Ok ooo ..if thats all i said... no wahala...

Ive told u b4...dialogue with u is weird... someone else already told u something similar

Another lie. Show who else told me something similar.
That was the conclusion of your statement - I never said that's all you said!
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by DaddyCoool: 5:55pm On Jul 01, 2023
Franklin31:


It doesn't mean they are not attracted to other men when they are in a relationship. The patriarchy gives men advantage in marriage issues, that is why it seems that women are always satisfied with one man. The truth is that, as far as the patriarchal society is concerned, a woman cannot afford to abuse her marriage; the consequences are far greater than those of a man abusing his marriage. A rich woman who wants a sexual relationship that is not marriage (and she is the one who provides for the man) can easily get tired of the man and want a change.

The vast majority of women are totally quite content with an exclusive sexual relationship with ONE man they are attracted to, with no need whatsoever to occasionally be with other men. Not so with men. And it has almost nothing to do with patriarchy, but BIOLOGY!

Here's something I posted earlier

You talk naively. You totally forget BIOLOGY!! Men and women are biologically very different, and unbeknownst to them most of their basic inclinations are from that biology! The most basic primal urge of a living organism is the need to survive and to have their genes survive and passed on. We didn't make it so, we don't know why it is so - we met it so! For a man, the surest way to assure some of his genes survive and passed on is to spread his seeds into several women, not just one. On the other hand, a woman sleeping around has no such advantage. She can only conceive about once every two years no matter how many men she sleeps with! So her strategy to have some of her genes survive and passed on necessarily have to be very different!

Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by HRprof: 6:01pm On Jul 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
They don't cheat for money. Rather the money is the additional benefit they obtain from their sideguys undecided
You did not answer my question.
Anyway let me tell you the reason men cheat
1. Men have high libido’s than women (that’s why they beg for sex and prostitution’ business is to sell it to men
2. Men are waya to test new thing that’s why they are attracted to different women.
3. Men move by what they see while women move by what she hear, that why men got lost just seeing a half naked woman while women move by the lies men tell them to open leg.

So in a nutshell this contributes why they say men are polygamous in nature.
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Kobojunkie: 6:08pm On Jul 01, 2023
HRprof:
You did not answer my question.
Anyway let me tell you the reason men cheat
1. Men have high libido’s than women (that’s why they beg for sex and prostitution’ business is to sell it to men
2. Men are waya to test new thing that’s why they are attracted to different women.
3. Men move by what they see while women move by what she hear, that why men got lost just seeing a half naked woman while women move by the lies men tell them to open leg.

So in a nutshell this contributes why they say men are polygamous in nature.
Every point you've listed above goes to confirm that what such men lack is self-discipline and self-control, the same traits missing from those who eventually resort to addiction of one kind or another. undecided

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Franklin31: 6:10pm On Jul 01, 2023
Samantha124:
Sure, women want an exclusive monogamous relationship, but you'll be shocked to find out that most of those women in long distance relationships or marriages also have side dudes and in most cases, their boyfriends or husbands never get to find out about it.

Most men who are in long distance relationships or marriages keep fathering children that are not biologically theirs... grin grin grin

So if men are polygamous in nature, then it also means that women are polyandrous in nature too and you guys should respect that... grin grin grin

I agree with you. We are all animals, and we know that a female animal can mate with any available male. So, females are also polygamous in nature.
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Nobody: 6:12pm On Jul 01, 2023
In women it's polyandrous, not polygamous.
Franklin31:


I agree with you. We are all animals, and we know that a female animal can mate with any available male. So, females are also polygamous in nature.

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by advanceDNA: 6:36pm On Jul 01, 2023
Kelechi009:


You are wrong. You claiming men & women are sexually the same is wrong. Women only give their body what they consider BEST person, while men give theirs to every one woman available they see.

I just explained that men want more women (Quantity) and they really don't care about the quality of those women, therefore they are polygamous.

Meanwhile women on the other hand want the best man (Quality), and they don't care if 1,000 other women are dying to get that one man, they will also fight other women for it.
Sigh.... i said men and women are sexually the same i.e. driven by urge and desire for pleasure,...whats wrong in that.??.. grin

U mentioned hypergamy...did i say u are wrong...its an additional factor to me...because women fvck men of hogher class and also fvck men of equal and lower class all the time when they do need sex more than money..which is what i mentiined earlier about basic biological urge...

See...ur urge to make this dialogue a competition made u ignore my context....i am not in competition with you... u dint have to agree with me....u dont have to invalidate a comment u domt understand just because u want to be the onky one thats right.... grin

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by advanceDNA: 6:48pm On Jul 01, 2023
DaddyCoool:


Another lie. Show who else told me something similar.
That was the conclusion of your statement - I never said that's all you said!

Lol....i asked u earlier ..how did i lie??
U ddnt respond....now its another lie.. lol
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by HRprof: 7:47pm On Jul 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Every point you've listed above goes to confirm that what such men lack is self-discipline and self-control, the same traits missing from those who eventually resort to addiction of one kind or another. undecided
Self discipline are for those who doesn’t womanize. Cheating is a different thing. Womanizers goes after every woman that comes their way while other men cheat once a while and occasionally when opportunities present himself. Any married men who don’t cheat is either he is broke or the opportunity hasn’t presented itself that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love his wife. Men cheat for no reason.
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Kobojunkie: 8:03pm On Jul 01, 2023
HRprof:
■ Self discipline are for those who doesn’t womanize. Cheating is a different thing. Womanizers goes after every woman that comes their way while other men cheat once a while and occasionally when opportunities present himself.
■ Any married men who don’t cheat is either he is broke or the opportunity hasn’t presented itself that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love his wife. Men cheat for no reason.
That makes no sense. Self-discipline and self-control are for every human being. Even animals in the animal kingdom practice it. It constitutes the difference between foolishness judgment and wise judgment. undecided

2. That is the epitome of foolishness! It is like saying you drink water for no reason at all. undecided

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by HRprof: 8:13pm On Jul 01, 2023
Kobojunkie:
That makes no sense. Self-discipline and self-control are for every human being. Even animals in the animal kingdom practice it. It constitutes the difference between foolishness judgment and wise judgment. undecided

2. That is the epitome of foolishness! It is like saying you drink water for no reason at all. undecided

In inclination all men are foolish because they cheat .

It happens in Animal kingdom too, haven’t you seen a cook chasing a Hen wink haven’t you seen a red head lizard chasing a female lizard Men also chase women for sex grin you guys should stop lying to una self grin
Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by KayyDee: 9:17pm On Jul 01, 2023
DaddyCoool:


Those are outliers. The vast majority of women, no matter how much money they have, want an exclusive monogamous relationship with ONE man they are attracted to. Men are wired differently

@Daddycool,
I think you totally missed the point he's making.

KEY POINTS TO NOTE:
1) Absolutely every bad/undesirable behavior is an outlier thing. Make no mistakes.

Hence, the line that "90% of men or whatever outrageous percentage of men are cheaters", is a humongous lie.
Because, bad behaviours are always huge screamers.

2) Culture is ultra powerful.
It literally determines if a seemingly outlier group expands or shrinks.

So, what culture/society ACCEPTS, SUPPORTS, PERMITS, or even TOLERATES, begins to grow and starts getting new followers.

3) There's a huge difference between INSTINCT and NATURE.
Yes, sometimes in people's mind, the line between the two gets blurred, and that's why you hear "natural instinct" as a term.

NOW LET'S GO...
Originally, and by nature, some humans are polygamous/promiscous.
It's not necessarily a man's thing or a woman's thing.
These people are generally outliers.

Now, immediately culture started eccepting and or tolerating men's promiscuity, it started looking more normal.
More people (men) who already have that tendency starts getting into it. After all, if caught, the society (culture) will be more lenient and understanding towards him.

Then also, those who do not have that tendency already, but are not strong-willed enough, gets dragged or encouraged into it by their friends (who already bought into the societal/cultural leniency or normalization of the act for men)

Some others who do not even have a single bone of promiscuity, may join in just because they have an axe to grind with their wife, and because the society is less severe or even tolerant to him in that matter, he jumps into the fray too.
These men who are obviously with this 'problem' of promiscuity, helps to fuel the "men are polygamous in nature" line.

Some women who are forced to accept that reality for their partners, or are already a victim, also spread the line.

So, the suggestion begins to take a life of its own, and the ranks of perpetrators and supporters keeps swelling, and interestingly, this keeps normalizing the bad act.
**
Let me share a very germain example;

If you look around in western countries, there a lot of gays/lesbians these days.
WHY?
Simply because the culture there permits it, and hence empowers the growth and acceptance even further.

As at 30 years ago, I'm very sure you would agree that gay/homosexuality is so negligible (a major kind of outlier)

WHAT HAPPENED NOW?
Although historically there have been few people who have homosexual tendencies, they were mostly hiding.
But immediately the culture starts tolerating and accepting them as normal, more came out.
Some of them started wooing and converting other people who are either not strong-willed enough to enforce the boundaries..
...Or others who are otherwise normal, but just have an axe to grind with the opposite sex
...or those who are tired of the heartbreaks from the opposite sex.
...or those who are willing to experiment and mess around with new things (the 'adventurous')
**
LET ME NOW COME TO INSTINCT.
Instinct is a product of human judgement towards self-preservation and comfort.

YES, you are so right when you asserted that a woman will generally prefer to instead settle with a single man she's attracted to, as against many.

But that's mostly driven by an instinct developed over time. And this is based on culture and means.
So, instinct is a pure example of reason and not 'emotion'

Because it does not generally favour a woman (especially a married woman) to be in multi relationships.
Because that instinct it time-tested and time-validated, even without thinking much a woman knows that she has to tow that line.
In fact, it starts looking like a second nature.
But there's no proof anywhere that it's a nature-controlled affair.

But you really can't swear to what's going on in the mind of a woman when she sees another desirable man, maybe a very handsome man.

Indeed, every human, man or woman, married or single, from time to time meet people they strongly fancy being with.

What you now do with that 'fancying' is a function of instinct and not nature.
Remember instinct is moderated and guided by culture/societal norms and tolerance (i.e. reality)

Because men have upper hand here, they are more likely to move forward and take the fancying to a next level.

A woman on the other hand, based on instinct of self preservation, will calculate the risks, and can immediately dismiss the thoughts, or dismiss it later if it was too strong for her to dismiss at the time.
Some other factors I can't discuss here right now, can also permit her to move on and do something adventurous with the 'fancying'.

SUMMARY:.
If it's all just nature, then a woman can't easily fancy any other man if she has a good/strong relationship already, nor catch any new feelings for anybody to begin with.
Yet it happens, and quite a lot too.

Do you know why a woman could start flirting with you, or even start kissing then suddenly she catches herself and abruptly stops and mutters something like "I'm sorry I can't do this, I'm married"?
SELF PRESERVATION.

Yes, because she could loose that marriage when caught...
But a man will most likely not even be caught. And even if caught, he can easily still maintain his marriage.
You know WHY?
Yes, because many will advice the woman to remember that it's in nature of a man to cheat. And so, the man 'wins', and the woman continues with the marriage almost certainly.
But she will not likely leave a marriage, because the odds of getting another marriage easily is not in her favour.

I mean, immediately society starts permitting or tolerating anything, or find excuse for it (like, "please manage your husband like that, you know men are polygamous in nature" OR "you know women always have foul mouth" or the likes), then it strengthens the whole problem and becomes a fuel to it rather than a solution.

YES, It takes time, but keep supporting and empowering any lie or any bad behaviour, after many decades, It starts looking and sounding like a truth; a norm, 'a nature'.

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Re: Are Men Really Polygamous? by Kelechi009: 9:26pm On Jul 01, 2023
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Sigh.... i said men and women are sexually the same i.e. driven by urge and desire for pleasure,...whats wrong in that.??.. grin

U mentioned hypergamy...did i say u are wrong...its an additional factor to me...because women fvck men of hogher class and also fvck men of equal and lower class all the time when they do need sex more than money..which is what i mentiined earlier about basic biological urge...

See...ur urge to make this dialogue a competition made u ignore my context....i am not in competition with you... u dint have to agree with me....u dont have to invalidate a comment u domt understand just because u want to be the onky one thats right.... grin

We are not sexually the same gentle man. We are not.

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