2011-03-05, 04:06 AM
Words Wrote:If polygamy is a social accepted aspect of life there should be no emotional distress.
Lol, that's like saying "If I had known where the thing was, I probably would've found it by now."
There is NO polygamy because of the emotional distress. Though I do find it interesting to try and simulate the feeling in the same situation if the sperm ratio somehow were 2:1. Thing most likely would be different.
2147483647 Wrote:Have you ever observed a worker ant complain to another worker ant that they share the same queen?
They only have one queen, I'm pretty sure I heard they wanted the queen all for themselves, but situation dictated that they couldn't complain about it. Have you?
It's hard to tell what part of your intuition is basic instinct and what is adopted social etiquette. Then again, don't a small number of mammals also participate in monogamy? Wouldn't that mean it is as natural (and not just social) as polygamy, just maybe not as likely for human without any other factors? There is also this.