Is monogamy against the natural order of things? Are religions which prescribe monogamy against natural order?
Monogamous behavior varies greatly throughout the animal kingdom… it usually is intertwined with both physiological features and social behavior. It has been found that human beings have exceptionally quick and resilient sperm when compared to other primates. This indicates that humans are not naturally monogamous. Why that is the natural conclusion is because we have found that you can compare similar animals’ sperm, and those with faster sperm are more promiscuous. This makes sense because if one woman copulates with multiple partners in a short span of time, the one with the quick and resilient sperm will win over the males with inferior sperm. The correlation has been observed in animals, and despite our current societal pressures to be monogamous, our sperm indicates that we’re naturally promiscuous. So to answer your question – yes, monogamy is against the natural order ~ of humans. Not necessarily all animals. Also, its against the natural order of our physiology, not our curr
