Comments on: Men, women, sexuality and jealousy http://thistimethisspace.com/2009/11/23/men-women-sexuality-and-jealousy/ personal development, growth and relationships blog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:02:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: timethief http://thistimethisspace.com/2009/11/23/men-women-sexuality-and-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-42431 timethief Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:45:57 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/?p=3344#comment-42431 @Aluajala Thanks so much for taking the time to read this post and for leaving such a personal and thoughtful comment. I appreciate it. @Aluajala
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this post and for leaving such a personal and thoughtful comment. I appreciate it.

]]> By: timethief http://thistimethisspace.com/2009/11/23/men-women-sexuality-and-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-42429 timethief Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:37:21 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/?p=3344#comment-42429 I think that the roots of jealousy are found in what the evolutionary biologists state. I think we like to believe that things have changed and we buy into the "we've come a long way baby" slogan even though it's not true. In the times we live we still witness women who put their parenting at the top of the list of their achievements. We see women, who behave like men in the corporate and political arenas achieve success there, and are also expected to be supermoms too. We also witness middle age men going through meno-porsche and acquiring young trophy females to boost their ego and virility. The world over we see the patriarchy struggling to maintain power and control over women and their children. In the so-called first nations we see the patriarchy still has the power to subjugate women by denying them equality with men, as even there women still do not have the rights that men do to make their own medical and reproductive decisions. I think that the roots of jealousy are found in what the evolutionary biologists state. I think we like to believe that things have changed and we buy into the “we’ve come a long way baby” slogan even though it’s not true. In the times we live we still witness women who put their parenting at the top of the list of their achievements. We see women, who behave like men in the corporate and political arenas achieve success there, and are also expected to be supermoms too. We also witness middle age men going through meno-porsche and acquiring young trophy females to boost their ego and virility. The world over we see the patriarchy struggling to maintain power and control over women and their children. In the so-called first nations we see the patriarchy still has the power to subjugate women by denying them equality with men, as even there women still do not have the rights that men do to make their own medical and reproductive decisions.

]]> By: Aluajala http://thistimethisspace.com/2009/11/23/men-women-sexuality-and-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-42415 Aluajala Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:24:16 +0000 http://thistimethisspace.com/?p=3344#comment-42415 That's an interesting topic. I've always thought that people are jealous because they're afraid to lose the object of their love and this is because they think there's smth wrong with them so that their partner can choose someone better. The evolutionary view sounds true but it doesn't cover many situations like why partners from childless couple may be jealous or why sometimes jealousy is show not only in husband-wife relations but mother-son-son's wife and vice versa etc. I can't say much on this topic though for I've lived with my husband for 3 yrs, we're childfree by choice but have never cheated on each other and generally are very open-minded to each other and discuss everything about our relations. I know that he's mine and he knows that I'm his (this doesn't mean we limit each other in any way) and that's it. That’s an interesting topic. I’ve always thought that people are jealous because they’re afraid to lose the object of their love and this is because they think there’s smth wrong with them so that their partner can choose someone better.

The evolutionary view sounds true but it doesn’t cover many situations like why partners from childless couple may be jealous or why sometimes jealousy is show not only in husband-wife relations but mother-son-son’s wife and vice versa etc.

I can’t say much on this topic though for I’ve lived with my husband for 3 yrs, we’re childfree by choice but have never cheated on each other and generally are very open-minded to each other and discuss everything about our relations. I know that he’s mine and he knows that I’m his (this doesn’t mean we limit each other in any way) and that’s it.

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