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ManTalks Podcast

Can Men Be Monogamous? Should They Be?

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Talking points: monogamy, relationships, culture Well, can they? This started with me wondering why certain men who are notorious for sleeping around are suddenly hopping on the monogamy train, and ended with me hitting the record button and getting curious. And honestly, this is way more complicated than a binary "men must/can or must not/can't be faithful partners". Listen in and let me know your thoughts. (00:00:00) - Intro and why I’m diving into this (00:05:41) - Where does the idea that men CAN’T be monogamous come from? (00:14:59) - Monogamous cultures can have benefits, even though modernity seems to disincentivize it (00:16:22) - Most men ultimately prefer monogamy, but there are underlying issues *** Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance.  Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google  Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, gentlemen, welcome back to the man talk show. I'm Connor Beaton, and today we're

0:13.0

going to be diving into the question of whether or not men can really be monogamous. Is there

0:17.9

something that you want, desire? Is this something that men are really

0:21.4

capable of? And the reason why I'm diving into this question is many, well, there's many

0:26.8

reasons why I'm diving into this question. One is because this is a very common question that guys

0:31.4

have. Can I actually be happy? Can I actually be faithful? Can I actually be in a long-term

0:36.1

committed relationship and enjoy it? Can that

0:38.8

work? There's a lot of evidence that shows that men are incredibly happy in monogamous relationships,

0:43.9

but there's also a ton of women who question whether or not men can be monogamous. And a lot of guys that

0:48.7

I've worked with over the years have had the internal questioning of, should I really commit?

0:54.1

Should I really enter into a long-term relationship? Maybe you fell down some Reddit sub-forum and have heard some advice of like, just go your own way. Don't worry about relationships. There are a waste of time. There's too much energy, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So we're going to dive into this question. We're going to look at some evolutionary psychology. But the other reason why I'm diving into this is because I have noticed

1:13.8

a trend. And maybe you've noticed this trend too. And the trend is as follows. You have a man who is

1:20.4

very promiscuous. You have a man who maybe talks about how to pick up women. You have a man who

1:27.2

is surrounded by a plethora of women

1:29.3

constantly, a sort of female entourage that he's purported to be sleeping with. You have guys

1:33.8

like Tucker Max and Neil Strauss and Dan Bolzerian and Andrew Tate and all these different men

1:40.4

from sort of like different forms of masculinity or different pockets of masculinity who either

1:46.7

embody and represent a man who has a lot of women around him constantly that he's sleeping with

1:51.7

or that's helping men to learn how to pick up women on a regular basis. And these guys

1:56.8

never really sort of hold down a long-term relationship. And the trend is that every single one of

2:03.0

them eventually comes to a place of entering into a monogamous relationship and advocating for monogamy.

2:10.5

It's very interesting trend. There's not many guys that I know about. Even somebody like the

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