Columnist Mark Douthat has a column up today that is remarkable for the blinkers it wears.
Monogamy is good for relationships, he says. It strengthens them.
There's nothing wrong with that. Plenty of support for the proposition.
The odd part is how conservatives- even thoughtful ones like Douthat- then, if pressed, argue that all those benefits should be denied a batch of their friends and neighbors. Because if one granted them, the monolithic solidarity of monogamy would collapse in the dust, and men would run off with the pool boy, women with the yoga instructor.
So a status that is good for everyone will be undermined if everyone enjoys it.
Go figure.
Monogamy is good for relationships, he says. It strengthens them.
There's nothing wrong with that. Plenty of support for the proposition.
The odd part is how conservatives- even thoughtful ones like Douthat- then, if pressed, argue that all those benefits should be denied a batch of their friends and neighbors. Because if one granted them, the monolithic solidarity of monogamy would collapse in the dust, and men would run off with the pool boy, women with the yoga instructor.
So a status that is good for everyone will be undermined if everyone enjoys it.
Go figure.
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