In a converstaion concerning Mrs. Careless (??? lol)- Boswell figured one could be as happy with any one of 50 women while Samuel Johnson placed the number at 50,000 and did not buy the "only one" idea- preferring the Lord Chancellor arrange matings based on character and circumstances. I imagine similar thoughts for women though most would deny it.
On Jun 21, 3:26 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a hard time believing when someone tells me that they have > found the one... what does it mean anyway..The one.. why does it thave > to be one...I believe that people can and do fall in love with more > than one person at the same time...and that is why i am opposed to > marriage as an institution...a promise to be with each other > forever!...I think open relationships are much better..there is no > emotional burden...Also sexual and emotional intimacy does not always > have to be in one single package.. i do not see adultery as something > horrible...and i really resented the way media made an example of > Tiger woods and his many affairs...so wat he slept with many women.. > its not like they didnt know who he was and that he was married...The > fact that religion penetrated and dictated every aspect of individual > lives still shows its effects...sex is something sacred and at the > same time tabboed(although some countries have come to take liberal > views there are still many orthodox societies)... its a natural > instinct why make something else out of it...its like hunger..The more > you try to regulate it the more you pervert it...the fact that > teenagers are told to abstain should only be because of health reasons > not because premarital sex is a sin...It was because that religion > first dictated that homosexuality is immoral that subsequent legal > bans on it followed.. and it is still so ingrained in society that > most homosexuals have a hard life..only because of one aspect of their > individuality... As for monogamy i really dont think it is a universal > truth...i mean it was fine when the mortality rate was around 50 you > could stick around with one.. but things are changing... And with the > society must evolve its institutions and the values related to these > institutions ... So after all this rambling all id like to say is that > the society should rethink its basic elements which it takes for > granted ...i dont mean to offend all you happily married people out > there.. just a private opinion.. and I'd like to know wat you all > think..
