thousands of years.

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I don’t mean to get too far out here, but I feel that

understanding from where these beliefs came and how

they are promoted will liberate many readers.

Onward.

Anywhere from hundreds to thousands of years ago,

rulers of lands kept large harems of women. These

harems were guarded carefully to prevent any males

except the rulers from having access to these women.

The penalty for sleeping with one of the ruler’s women

could be, in an extreme case, your own death and the

deaths of everyone in your family and village. (Back then

there were bigger risks involved!)

These rulers kept so many women not just for the

sexual variety that it provided them, but also for the

reproductive power that it gave them. These rulers often

had detailed records kept so they could copulate with only

the most fertile women and maximize the woman’s
chances of pregnancy and passing on their own genes.

So what do you think these rulers did to protect their

harems?

Right! They passed laws (from which they were

exempt) to promote monogamy.

In these times there was a great shortage of women,

so these laws would discourage married men (those lucky

enough to find a woman) from seeking sex outside of

their marriage and therefore further protect the ruler’s

harem.

Next, we have the church.

Many religions prohibit sex, make sex ‘wrong’, give it

some name with a negative connotation like ‘fornication’,

or in one way or another discourage it.

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I once heard a wise man say, “Religions take

everything that your DNA naturally wants to do to survive

and procreate and makes it wrong.” Why? Well, if you’re