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<div>I don't know of any state that legalized prostitution here in the U.S.</div>
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<div>I believe that only in small sections of Nevada is it legal. </div>
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<div>you continue:<br>I did not say that married women in general are prostituting themselves<br>when they marry for money or prestige. I don't know the statistics but<br>men do marry for the same reason.</div>
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<div>And as more and more women become extremely successful we shall see more of that.</div>
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<div>you wrote:</div>
<div>You said many marriages are based on love? Love of self or love of<br>fantasy? How many live in common-law marriage for the sake of common<br>interests or for protection of their children?</div>
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<div>I don't know the official statistics of happy and loving marriages within the West ( I realize roughly half of all marriages ultimately don't make it). But there still are many happy marriages out there and please remember, you must first love yourself before you can love another. The big transition within a marriage is when the "fantasy/idealized" image of their partner at least partially fades in the bright light of imperfect reality, and yet they can still deeply love that person, anyway. And yes, many couples stay together for the sake of the children, which is definitely not always a good idea. Kids can pick up on the fact that mom and dad are just not happy with each other (even when the parents think this is a well-kept secret). </div>
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<div>you continue:</div>
<div>Humans are not monogamous by nature. Some society consider serial marriage the norm.<br>I consider that a modified legalized prostitution.<br>>>><br></div>
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<div>I personally think some humans are very prone toward monogamy but others are by nature at the other end of the spectrum. Serial marriage has definitely become popular in the West, especially among the more successful. I once read the view of an anthropologist that serial marriage among the relatively wealthy was a new twist on polygamy (he gave celebrity Johnny Carson as his classic example). He said this was so because a wealthy/young/sometimes older man could monopolize many of the "best years/prime fertility years" of a young and beautiful woman. And because of their success they could later keep repeating the process with other women as their current relatinships failed. During his lifetime this male has kept these females away from other less successful males who might have had children with them (and the successful male might either have no children with these women or less than they would have had with another younger but less successful male). I find this an interesting theory to say the least. </div>
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<div>John Grigg</div>