I haven’t read Roissy, but Robin Hanson’s argument for why cuckoldry is as bad as rape was based on a survey of men showing that most would rather be raped than cuckolded.
Furthermore, the fact that Roissy isn’t interested in having children shows that he’s not confusing evolution’s motives with those of humans.
Being cuckolded (in this context) means unknowingly raising not-your-genetic-offspring while believing it is your own. A male partner’s infidelity can’t cuckold a woman.
But I imagine most mothers would be horrified to discover, ten years after the fact, that their newborn was stolen and replaced with someone else’s, and the child they’ve devoted so much to is not actually their genetic offspring. A brief bout of Google indicates that hospital baby swaps can spark multimillion dollar lawsuits, sometimes successful...
I haven’t read Roissy, but Robin Hanson’s argument for why cuckoldry is as bad as rape was based on a survey of men showing that most would rather be raped than cuckolded.
Furthermore, the fact that Roissy isn’t interested in having children shows that he’s not confusing evolution’s motives with those of humans.
And I guess most women would rather be cuckolded than be raped. So?
Being cuckolded (in this context) means unknowingly raising not-your-genetic-offspring while believing it is your own. A male partner’s infidelity can’t cuckold a woman.
But I imagine most mothers would be horrified to discover, ten years after the fact, that their newborn was stolen and replaced with someone else’s, and the child they’ve devoted so much to is not actually their genetic offspring. A brief bout of Google indicates that hospital baby swaps can spark multimillion dollar lawsuits, sometimes successful...