I’m talking prehistoric here; we have evidence to suggest that raiding for females was a regular feature of human culture for most of our species’ existence (discussed in this book.)
In any case, the modern, marry-for-love tradition, as opposed to marriage for political or economic expediency, is recent enough as to be practically untested in historical terms. It would be disingenuous to pretend that reverting to the institution of eighty years ago is in any way a return to a time-tested standard.
I’m talking prehistoric here; we have evidence to suggest that raiding for females was a regular feature of human culture for most of our species’ existence
This was that big an effect in practice, i.e., the average woman was not taken as a captive during her lifetime. War is negative sum and for all their glorification of war, even aggressive societies spent most of their energies on productive activities.
In any case, the modern, marry-for-love tradition, as opposed to marriage for political or economic expediency,
I’m talking prehistoric here; we have evidence to suggest that raiding for females was a regular feature of human culture for most of our species’ existence (discussed in this book.)
In any case, the modern, marry-for-love tradition, as opposed to marriage for political or economic expediency, is recent enough as to be practically untested in historical terms. It would be disingenuous to pretend that reverting to the institution of eighty years ago is in any way a return to a time-tested standard.
This was that big an effect in practice, i.e., the average woman was not taken as a captive during her lifetime. War is negative sum and for all their glorification of war, even aggressive societies spent most of their energies on productive activities.
The two aren’t mutually exclusive.