One of the common pattern that can be observed is that.
The structure of 'marriage contract' seems to follow the pattern of paternalistic societies, where in 'women' are seen as among the 'property' owned / controlled by men.
The opinion above is partly due to my observation and fascination on one of the last remaining matriarchal society, namely "Mosuo" society in China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_l9D7tEixc
There's no marriage in Mosuo society, thus no divorce, they don't even have any word with meanings similar to "Father" in their language. Any children will never asked or even wondered "who is my father".
Female is the head of the family, it is the female who choose which male that they want to 'mate' with, there's no obligation towards the male that he should not mate with any other female and vice versa. The children (regardless of their gender) will always be regarded as a member of the mother's family.
Thus the hypothesis that "Free Love Exchange" will resulted in disaster might actually be not correct.
The structure of 'marriage contract' seems to follow the pattern of paternalistic societies, where in 'women' are seen as among the 'property' owned / controlled by men.
The opinion above is partly due to my observation and fascination on one of the last remaining matriarchal society, namely "Mosuo" society in China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_l9D7tEixc
There's no marriage in Mosuo society, thus no divorce, they don't even have any word with meanings similar to "Father" in their language. Any children will never asked or even wondered "who is my father".
Female is the head of the family, it is the female who choose which male that they want to 'mate' with, there's no obligation towards the male that he should not mate with any other female and vice versa. The children (regardless of their gender) will always be regarded as a member of the mother's family.
Thus the hypothesis that "Free Love Exchange" will resulted in disaster might actually be not correct.