Marriage: The Way We Never Were - Stephanie Coontz #63

ReWild Yourself

Daniel Vitalis

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2015

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Couples in the Paleolithic world would never have fantasized about running off by themselves to their own little retreats in the forest. No Stone Age lovers would have imagined in their wildest dreams that they could or should be “everything” to each other. That way lay death. ― Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy Stephanie Coontz is a marriage historian and author of seven books on marriage and family life. In this podcast, she takes us on a tour through the evolution of marriage and intimacy throughout human history. We discuss everything from egalitarianism to “the one” to polyamory vs. monogamy. This show is enlightening and adds another piece to the puzzle as we continue to dissect the mating styles of the human animal, here on the ReWild Yourself! podcast. Episode Breakdown: * The way we never were * Are we hardwired for egalitarianism? * The quest for in-laws * Marrying for love * The soulmate fantasy * Individual needs vs group needs * Sex and marriage throughout history * Monogamy vs non-monogamy * The story of divorce over the ages * Today’s marriage statistics * The changing roles of men and women in a marriage

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0:00.0	I show you teeth to everyone.
0:07.0	Don't let no one prove you wrong.
0:10.0	You are, and I... I'm Daniel Vitellis of Daniel Vitalis.com and you are listening to the
0:28.1	rewild yourself podcast a show dedicated to transcending human domestication,
0:33.5	activating our invincible genetic health,
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