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A Modern Family - by Alex Kaschuta

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Should we give it one last shot, stay together for the kids? Some thoughts on marriage after the end of men and women.

Few issues inflame the passions like the question of how men and women could or should live together. In a time when most of what was certain only minutes ago in the historical timeline is suddenly up for discussion, it’s no wonder that our conversations about our nature, our obligations to each other, or the lack thereof, remain a battlefield. We’re tangled up in inevitable conflicts of interest as distinct creatures needing each other, with hidden preferences, dark desires, and some starkly un-romantic impulses we carry from our evolutionary past. We’ve also reached an unprecedented point…

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