Excellent post; thanks for being willing to dive into the controversial waters!
Nit-picking about point C. 2.:
You say, 'Women’s reproductive capacity is maxed out at 1 offspring per 9 months' and then, 'If a woman gets a second husband, she does not double her reproductive capacity; she can still only reproduce once per 9 months'. I think…
Excellent post; thanks for being willing to dive into the controversial waters!
Nit-picking about point C. 2.:
You say, 'Women’s reproductive capacity is maxed out at 1 offspring per 9 months' and then, 'If a woman gets a second husband, she does not double her reproductive capacity; she can still only reproduce once per 9 months'. I think the first point is factually wrong and slightly misaligned with the second (and main) point.
When a woman becomes pregnant, she is out of action for 9 months and locked in, which is your second point, but women COULD have more than 1 offspring in 9 months, twins as an example. (I said it was nit-picking!)
Yes, I thought of mentioning the possibility of twins, triplets, etc., but it seemed better to just talk about the standard case. Of course, men also have the same chance of having twins, etc., so the point remains that their reproductive capacity is multiplied by the # of partners they can get, which isn't the case for women.
There is also the point that if a woman gets another husband, she might increase her reproductive potential because, perhaps, she gets more resources, which perhaps increases the probability of the offspring surviving. But I judge this to be a small factor.
Excellent post; thanks for being willing to dive into the controversial waters!
Nit-picking about point C. 2.:
You say, 'Women’s reproductive capacity is maxed out at 1 offspring per 9 months' and then, 'If a woman gets a second husband, she does not double her reproductive capacity; she can still only reproduce once per 9 months'. I think the first point is factually wrong and slightly misaligned with the second (and main) point.
When a woman becomes pregnant, she is out of action for 9 months and locked in, which is your second point, but women COULD have more than 1 offspring in 9 months, twins as an example. (I said it was nit-picking!)
Yes, I thought of mentioning the possibility of twins, triplets, etc., but it seemed better to just talk about the standard case. Of course, men also have the same chance of having twins, etc., so the point remains that their reproductive capacity is multiplied by the # of partners they can get, which isn't the case for women.
There is also the point that if a woman gets another husband, she might increase her reproductive potential because, perhaps, she gets more resources, which perhaps increases the probability of the offspring surviving. But I judge this to be a small factor.