Summary: Eunuchism - a widespread global practice in ancient times - may have been a means for stabilizing a hypergamous society, where the alphas get harems and the betas get scraps. It reduced sexual competition/jealousy, whilst simultaneously retaining eunuchs as productive members of society.
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There seems to be a consensus that monogamy - no matter how artificial it may be - is good for civilization, because every male is thus invested in the society he lives in and its future. Such a society is therefore stable. Many of us are rightfully concerned about the death of marriage and the unleashing of hypergamy, because in a natural set
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