On The Contradiction Between Monogamy and Infidelity

Many, if not most, of us try, or pretend, to live a myth, an ideology, of 'monogomy' in our long term love relationships when significant biological and/or psychological underlying forces in our nature work to sabotage and defy this culturally and/or self-bestowed myth.

Of course, there is a good reason for this myth -- a cultural and/or self-wish to maintain the long-term relationship and/or family stability.

Infidelity tends to throw family stability -- to the wolves. over the abyss, and into chaos.

How do we get around this very common conflict in our human nature and behavior. That is a very important problem for the 21st century as it has created family chaos for much of the last part of the 20th century without any apparent remedies and/or resolutions except in the divorce courts.

I leave this conflict-issue with philosophers younger and/or braver than me to tackle. Because I'm moving on to the next issue.

-- dgb, Aug. 10th, 2008.