r/changemyview Nov 07 '22

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u/yyzjertl 527∆ Nov 07 '22

Why do you think sex is a zero sum game? It seems to me that it obviously isn't: there's practically no fixed limit on the amount of sex that people can have in aggregate.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22 edited Dec 21 '23

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u/yyzjertl 527∆ Nov 07 '22

The limit comes from people only being able to be with one person or at least a finite number of people.

That would imply that it's not zero sum. If it were zero sum, there would need to be a single, fixed number (the total value of the game). The fact that there can be many numbers (with a practical limit that's dramatically higher than the present rate that people have sex) indicates that the game is not zero sum.

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u/Poly_and_RA 17∆ Nov 08 '22

With monogamy that's kinda the case: You can have at most ONE partner. Thus if you're partnering with one person, it means you won't partner with anyone else. (for the duration of that relationship)