Posted by
Playful Walrus on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:16:49 PM
The Los Angeles Times ran a blowback piece by Sharon M. Scott, responding to David P. Barash's take on monogamy. My analysis is over at The Opine Editorials.
But I agree that children are better off being raised by a mother and father who are monogamous with each other. (By the way - if they aren't haven't sex with each other, that's not monogamy.) Monogamy reduces the possibilities of conflicts of interests between the parents and between parent and child, keeps loyalties and resources within the family, avoids paternity fraud and "illegitimate" half-siblings causing situational instability, and avoids STIs. It promotes bonding between the parents and keeps the parents focused on each other and in-tune with each other.