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Originally Posted by kerry
I don't think there's any doubt about it working under the conditions it was developed. Looks like it has been very successful.
I agree that it doesn't look that viable in today's world. But it is a remarkable system that created effective child raising units without focusing on fathers.
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Seeing as how the circumstances are totally different, I don't think it has any bearing on our world as we have it today. To make it work would require such an overhaul of our current system and, most importantly, the mentality of the people that it is probably easier to go thru with what we have than to change it.
As to homosexuality, bisexuality, open marriage, swinging, etc, etc, the only problem we have is probably traced back to religion. None of those lifestyles or sexual preferences have any positive things with regard to the religion growing. None of them really help the religion grow from the standpoint that it is less likely that you will have offspring if you are in a relationship that isn't monogamous. In the case you mentioned, there is a loss of father children interaction and that might not help the kids be shoved into a religion. Probably makes the religion against anything but a stable family which means they can grow, have more money, power, etc, etc.