Think4Yoself
Think4Yoself t1_iujin3s wrote
Reply to comment by Genshed in Anyone who’s read “12 rules for life” by JBP finds it so harsh and unforgiving? by newbalancewearer
No it doesn't. Not even close. In practical terms it means that a person should be discouraged or prohibited from having multiple partners. Enforced monogamy has nothing to do with married vs unmarried, it's about monogamy vs polygamy.
Think4Yoself t1_iujhjpn wrote
Reply to comment by Master_Ryan_Rahl in Anyone who’s read “12 rules for life” by JBP finds it so harsh and unforgiving? by newbalancewearer
Enforced monogamy is a term from anthropology and sociology. It means a society or culture that doesn't allow for plural marriages. The Western world practices enforced monogamy. It is illegal for a man in the United States to have three wives.
Now let's here yours.
Think4Yoself t1_iujfmn9 wrote
Reply to comment by Master_Ryan_Rahl in Anyone who’s read “12 rules for life” by JBP finds it so harsh and unforgiving? by newbalancewearer
I don't think enforced monogamy means what you think it means.
Think4Yoself t1_iujqgbp wrote
Reply to comment by Master_Ryan_Rahl in Anyone who’s read “12 rules for life” by JBP finds it so harsh and unforgiving? by newbalancewearer
He used the phrase in one New York Times interview where the interviewed deliberately took it out of context as part of a hit piece and it led to this position that you are trying to attribute to him that not only does he not have, but no reasonable person has. Do you honestly think that Jordan Peterson believes young women should be forced into relationships with the most pathetic men our society has produced? How would this hypothetically be enforced? Under threat of murder or threat or imprisonment? Seriously? Peterson has made very clear in several interviews his opinion of incels and it basically boils down to "if all the women reject you, all the women aren't wrong to do so".
The point he was making, and it's irrefutably true and has been well established for more than a century is that societies with culturally enforced monogamy are significantly less violent than those without it. In cultures where the most successful men can't have harems, and where cheating on your spouse is considered immoral, less disaffected young men are produced and less violence occurs. That is a good thing and if a better approach exists, we aren't aware of it.
I also noticed that you never actually provided your definition of enforced monogamy like I requested. Are you going to do so now or are you going to admit that I was correct and you didn't actually know what the term meant when you used it?