Episode 27: Living that Bonobo Lifestyle
This is Part 2 of our mini series about the book Sex at Dawn. We have wanted to do an episode about this book for so long and it’s finally here! There’s so much to cover, so we split our conversation into 3 episodes. Specific topics in today’s second episode include:
The origins of Swinging!
How physical relationships bond together communities.
Modern day diseases and stress don’t exist in modern hunter gather societies.
Is our “civilized” society really making us happy?
Has hoarding resources become the measure of success in our society?
Comparing social structures of chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and humans.
How the standard narrative has become ingrained in our modern society.
Are we living in alignment with our true nature?
How religion has punished and shamed society for sexual behavior and how that’s been ingrained in modern society.
If monogamy is “natural” why is it still so hard for people all over the world to stay faithful?
