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Will we run out of special dates to get married on?

After taking all the classes discussing about gender, love, sexuality, I unconsciously started forming this thought that if people are allowed to have multiple partners, all men will do so but not all women will do so.

Like any GP essay, we should define key terms.

Allowed: No monogamy laws, no social stigma against those who do it
Multiple: More than one
Partners: Have emotional/sexual relationship. Or both.
All men: Sex = Male or Gender = Male
All women: Sex = Women or Gender = Women

Of course, it's a hypothetical situation since we are unlikely to remove the laws that keep men in check. Initially, when I first learnt about biological perspectives last year, I thought it sounded ridiculous. It says that a male has lots of sperms and have the ability to produce many offspring, while as productive a woman may be, she can only produce an offspring once every 9 months. So it makes sense for a man to try to father lots of kids while a woman only have one partner who will provide for her and her kids. At first glance the theory looked lame and, well, lame. Can't think of a better word to describe it.

But consider girls, would you be more upset if your boyfriend (assuming you have one if you don't. Not everyone's traffic light colour is REDDDDDD) cheats on your emotionally (i.e. have long conversations with other girls, sends them flowers etc) or sexually (i.e. have sexual intercourse with other girls)? And would the men who are reading this feel more upset if your girlfriend cheats on you emotionally or sexually?

Don't say "equally sad", because my lecturer says that causes you to be disadvantaged and your genes wouldn't be passed down.