Whats Up with Marriage?

The decision I made based from evolutionary psychology insights is heterosexual, monogamous marriage should be abolished.  There seems to be no real need for this. It seems in Wright’s article that people tend to want things that go against marriage. Wright explains this well when he talks about both men and women’s mindset when it comes to having sex. He explains that men “are more inclined toward the casual fling” (Wright pg 282) meaning that men are open to having sex with little regard for how they know the other person. If men are open to doing this then there is no reason for them to married, as marriage will prevent them from doing what they want unless they want to be called a cheat. Women seemed to be concerned with how their children turned out. They want a mate to have “good genes and much to invest” (Wright pg 283) I see this as a women being more concerned over how their kids turns out than who they are with.

Another reason for their being no need for heterosexual, monogamous marriage is that humans tend to have a short interest in partners, I think this goes along with who they are attracted too, and people changing their minds. Of course this doesn’t apply to all humans there are plenty of instances when humans get married, grow old together and die together. But now with half marriages ending in divorce, it shows that things were not as good as they once were.  Wrights idea concerning people and falling in love is “they aren’t designed to stay there”(Wright pg 280). Marriages seem to make it harder for people to get out of what may end up being a mistake. Even there are things such as divorce, it could be made easier than that.

If marriage were to be abolished I would suggest having a system where there was no form of partnership. Women would be only allowed to be impregnated twice in five year time period once the five years is up they can have two more and the process repeats itself. If they have more than two within those five year it would be punishable by fine and jail time. While men are only allowed to impregnate a women twice per every five years, if they are found to have fathered more than two unborn/born children they would be punished by fine and jail time. Both the father and mother would be required to provide half of the child’s upbringing, whether it is through raising them or providing money, failure to follow this would also result in punishment. This system may seem communistic, but it would allow men and women to fill their desire for many partners to choose from, whether it’s because they just want to have sex or they want the best genes for their children.