Monogamy: Is it becoming extinct?

Question

Divorce and infidelity are on the rise, while the media and some groups encourage being unfaithful. It seems like people are in relationships just as much as ever, but committment really seems to be breaking apart...

Answer 1

Monogamy is DEFINATELY becoming extinct. being faithful is a thing of the past in this day and age. No one values wat was once golden...no one is loyal anymore. Y? because no one feels they have to be. Cheat on her? she doesnt like it? she can go and I can have another girl? (i think thats how boys think) or "if she loves me, she realize i made a mistake blah blah blah" how about being satisfied with wat u have at home..? or RESPECT the one ur with as well as ur VOWES...ppl tend to fall back on those "for better or for worse" but forget to "honor" which means RESPECT and do not cheat...MONOGOMY...thing of the past

Answer 2

I don't think so, but is is definitely going down hill.

What you wrote is true.

Answer 3

Well it is a sign of the times, The world is falling apart. We have gone from a faithful law abiding society to a do what you want its ok society.  No offense to anyone but all it takes is watching the news or reading a paper to see we are gonna be gone if we don't stop.  Its like this tv thing in 2009-they say its for the best but i don't understand why the government is getting involved-oh yeah i do, thats in the bible-its turning into a sodom and gamora-and there will be a time where the government tries to control all, and then well the revelation starts!

Answer 4

Germany's progressive; they're refusing to marry and have kids altogether. Now y'see, if we were all like that, we'd solve our population problem.. Haha ;)

Answer 5

I think nowadays men and women are gradually become "unfaithfully yours" to each other. As you watch the movies, many men and women are tended to switch to one night stand to one time stand. Just shows in the movie of "Wanted", a guy screwed a woman in his working place. The society has changed the typical moral standard as one man for one woman forever. Polygamy is many Hong Kong old f u ckers are doing in this city for s*x without love forever and eternity, many of them are having a much younger concubine and quite few have more than one women in China. All they do is just to take the advantages of low cost of living standard in China, those girls like some one pay them say, one to two thousand dollars (1 Asian dollar=0.78 US dollar), and they are willing to open their legs at any day and any time for many Hong Kong old goats.

I think monogamy is getting less important nowadays. Hong Kong citizens are most greedy on money and lust, don't give a d**n to each other, most of them are just care about is money, **** , eat and sleep.

Answer 6

I hope not! Im a monogamist so I hate my bubble being burst that people enter into commitments and dont really mean it. Why dont they just stay single??

Answer 7

It's partly economics and part of it, I think is what I'd call 'social progress'.

It costs a lot to raise kids and it's not as easy as it was a few decades ago.  Lots of people just don't feel they can afford to have kids.  Today both parents have to work, you need child care, housing is more expensive than it used to be, and many people pay more for health insurance than for food or rent.  So lots of people simply don't plan to have kids.  In fact for the last few years, all the population growth in the US has been from immigration.  Well, if you're not going to have kids, why do you need to be married?

Also we don't have the stigmas we used to have against 'non-conforming' lifestyles.  We don't stigmatize divorce or 'living together' relationships.  We are more accepting of homosexuality.  I don't know if cheating on one's spouse is more popular than it used to be, I think it's just more talked about, more out in the open.  But anyway a lot of people take advantage of the new tolerance.  I don't really think it's wrong.

We no longer feel obligated to remain in a monogamous relationship, committed forever, to have kids, to live a family lifestyle.  I'm not sure that's a problem.  It's just a sign of the times.