The Age Online, that most wonderful site of endless procrastination, today published an article entitled "Polygamists* Live Longer".
My thoughts:
Really? Wow. How utterly surprising and simply darned wonderful for them. I bet aristocrats and people with slaves and those enlightened adult men who still live with their mothers and subsequently never have to cook or clean or care for themselves (let alone another) probably do too! I wonder if anyone's done some similar research within cultures that don't acknowledge marital rape? Or fathers that don't acknowledge their children. That would be illuminating! Gosh, it just makes you think how much most of us are neglecting men. Frankly, we could all be doing more for men's well-being. Like stripping on command, and performing handjobs on public transport (the confinement is perfect for it). Honestly, there are just so many ways in which women could demean themselves for men, why stop at polygamy for a few extra years when we really ought to be shooting for male immortality?
Okay, so channelling Catherine Deveny a little bit and apologies for ranting, but for fucks...
Horrifyingly, there was no mention of women's life expectancy/quality of life/existence in this insightful piece of reportage.
* As far as this article is concerned, Polygamists = Men
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2 comments:
There was a study a few years ago, based on old people from Dubbo, that revealed that married men live longer than single men, whereas single women live longer than married ones.
I can't find much commentary about this now but I remember at the time the reaction from women I knew was, "Duh."
I love the line "...found that polygamy may be the key to a long life," The Key? Really?
The article does seem to indicate that Polygamist = men but more accurately the break down is Polygyny is one man multiple women and Polyandry one woman multiple men. Although Polyandry is rarer, it does exist in some parts of Hinduism and in Asia - normally when a chick marries like 6 brother (hardly a sign for female liberation and equality)
Mel, I am not sure what was meant by the "Duh". I am sensing it is a little derogative to us poor men who are so stupid we can't look after ourselves :)
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