I suppose women do tend to outlive their husbands. Meaning the remaining men are much in demand, even if there isn't much left in the tooth-paste tube area.

The way things are going you will be lucky to be allowed to daily do 20 klms on your gopher or electric bike.
I also notice that sex researchers now class hugs and cuddles as full on sex for the over 70's...bit of a problem for all those still with fully working arterial and nervous systems!
I loved the Indian couple who had their first child after five decades of marriage when she was 70 and he 79 -
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@FrayedBear I don't know about 20klms, sounds a bit much to me. I am off to work soon, that is only 2. Pain in the arse 2 nights back, 350 klm round trip for dinner. I was partly hoping for an offer of a sleep over. Oh well.

Was watching a doco on Centenarians. One old bloke was complaining that he couldn't get it up. The interviewer asked when that started. His reply "About six months ago." So we've hope yet.

@RobAnybody Yeah, I need my sex drive lowered, most days it's all in my head.

@Rugglesby Lol

So shouldn't modern man modify it?

Yes but it suits them

An excellent point, with one caveat. Provided the women who profess to that religion are not doing so under duress. The crucial word in your post is "desire", which is often suppressed under fear of the consequences.

I presume Joseph thought otherwise - "What's yours is mine, what's mine I keep."

A good attitude.

Some manage quite well - but they aren't members of a religious sect.

But we live well beyond that era, in a time where gender equality is important. Therefore, the question still stands.

@icolan Because times, and therefore your reasons for inequality, have changed

@Petter I am pretty sure misogyny hasn't been eliminated from religion. I get that the conditions that made those practices practical have changed. Religions are very stubborn about their doctrines.

Actually , there were women of wealthy families who were granted money , property , the incomes from those properties , and power in their own name , during the Medieval period . I'm sure you've heard , for instance , of Ferdinand and Isabel , Queen Mary , Queen Elizabeth , Catherine the Great , etc . Families with connections to the Royal families would often include money , property and it's income in the woman's name to improve the chances of marrying women into political marriages , but were concerned that the politics could change , and they did not want to lose those resources if , for instance , the new husband chose to back the wrong group .

@Cast1es Those women were exceptions - and they still weren't free to have multiple partners, which is the theme of this post

@Petter I was responding ti JimG's post .

@Cast1es Ah! There was no @ symbol of course!

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Aha! An advanced, "primitive" society.
I wonder which interpretation of the Quran they use?

It is no longer The Islamic Republic of The Gambia. Under the new president it is The Republic of the Gambia.

I was surprised to find pork sausages, pork chops and bacon on sale in the shops. I asked my friend how they allowed pork to be sold. He said that 10% of the people were Christian and that they ate it.

Actually, I think the fact that Gambians belong to one of seven traditional tribes has a great moderating effect.

@El-loco .. and the other 90% were too polite to refuse a bacon sandwich!!!
Many African societies are able to rationalise extremely well. It's just a shame that so many are totalitarian to the point of dictatorship. (I grew up in Kenya and lived in Uganda for 5 years during the time of Idi Amin.)

Sex with one's sister is forbidden!!

Co-habitation is not exclusively concerned with sex - merely the freedom to indulge in it as desired.

@Petter I just don't see much co-habitation taking place between the sexes out here...unless sex is envolved!

@Freedompath Once a King, always a King. But once a Knight is enough!

@Freedompath Once a King, always a King. But once a Knight is enough!

@Petter ha!ha!...'Knights' were lucky to pull themselves up to the campfire!

@Petter Actually , the title of the book was , "Once a King , always a King , but once a Knight , is never enough ,"

@Cast1es ...always striving, I guess...I remember I gave away my book...'When all you ever wanted is not enough,' don't remember the author, I wished that I could have read it again (along with the hundred other ones)! Lol

Either take themselves in hand or take each other, in hand or otherwise!

Those were violent and warlike societies. The surplus of females was normally due to male casualties in battle.

@JimG No, I'm talking about current polygamist societies. They kick out the extra boys.

Careful. The wind might change whilst you talk like that, an' then you'll allus talk in "bible-belt".

@Petter lol..I lived for 20 years in the south..so yes I know the ignorance of the bibble belted hypocrites..

Except, of course, where it does. Such as in the myths of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Creation, et al.

It's time the "shoulds" were given greater authority - and enshrined in the laws of the more enlightened states.

i don't agree, @Petter. the single one authority i wholeheartedly embrace is the self.

@walklightly Self is all very well, but remember, "United we stand, divided we fall."

@Petter, yes, true - & we can only unite after having been individual, responsible, sensual & sensible beings, not a nameless & uniform goo. goo doesn't unite.

@walklightly At my age I've been everything - I think!!

So do I. I'm actually close friends with a delightful "menage a trois" involving a woman, her husband and her lover. They live under the same roof, the men enjoy playimg golf together, and she loves them both.

@Petter Sounds like an exciting relationship. If they're happy...everything is A OK