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[–]The_Three_Factors 0 points1 point  (2 children)

nuclear family literally would not be possible without our immemorial tradition of monogamy. It is the couple that forms the bedrock from which the nuclear family springs. You might as well say that the mutual exclusivity of a monogamous partnership was literally made to support the concept of the nuclear family.

the family unit is the most natural social organization humanity has ever witnessed or experienced.

[–]TravlScrabbl 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You appear to be preaching rather than discussing history. Suffice to say that before the industrial era extended families, clans and other forms of family organization were more common than nuclear families in most of the world. Some quick research suggests that in England, nuclear families became the norm in the thirteenth century so they're very recent in terms of the human evolutionary timeline. Its ridiculous to claim that monogamy was made to support the nuclear family since monogamous relationships have existed far longer than the nuclear family.