Category Archives: Serial Monogamy

The chivalric rules of love.

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Dalrock

French poets, in the eleventh century, discovered or invented, or were the first to express, that romantic species of passion which English poets were still writing about in the nineteenth. They effected a change which has left no corner of … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Chivalry, Courtly Love, De Amore, Disrespecting Respectability, Every Man's Marriage, Fred Stoeker, Marriage, New Morality, Pastor Doug Wilson, Romantic Love, Serial Monogamy, Servant Leader, Stephen Arterburn, Wake-up call | 95 Comments

Casual dating and serial monogamy as lost virtues.

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Dalrock

There is a story making the rounds about a Boston College professor trying to entice her students to go on dates.  The shocker for older generations outside the men’s sphere is that dating is now a dead practice.  But what … Continue reading →

Posted in Death of courtship, New Morality, Serial Monogamy, Traditional Conservatives | 214 Comments

Headship makes all the difference.

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Dalrock

Commenter James asks if there isn’t at least a kernel of truth to Stanton & Gilder’s view of men, women, and marriage, even if they have in the process mangled this kernel of truth: Isn’t there some sense where the … Continue reading →

Posted in Attacking headship, Disrespecting Respectability, Dr. Daniel Amnéus, Feral Females, Focus on the Family, George Gilder, Glenn Stanton, Headship, Patriarchal Dividend, Serial Monogamy, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists | 45 Comments

Someday we’ll laugh!

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Dalrock

Commenter Ofelas pointed out the absurdity of the main character in Cat Person imagining how much a future boyfriend would enjoy hearing about her having sex with other men: …she imagined that somewhere, out there in the universe, there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Person, Choice Addiction, Cracks in the narrative, Diary of Why, Finding a Spouse, Judging the performance, Rationalization Hamster, Serial Monogamy, Solipsism, Status of marriage, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists, You can't make this stuff up | 299 Comments

Wilson, Lewis, and Pseudo-Christian Pedestalization Game

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Dalrock

As I mentioned in my previous post, Pastor Doug Wilson’s reply to critics of his 21 Theses on Submission in Marriage is titled: And Now a Brief Word for the Wife Beaters Despite the title referring to wife beaters, the … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Chivalry, Courtly Love, Game, Headship, Pastor Doug Wilson, Romantic Love, Serial Monogamy, Sir Lancelot, Submission, Traditional Conservatives, Wife worship | 124 Comments