Pavitra comments on Marketplace Transactions Open Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 02 June 2012 12:39:29PM * 3 points [-]

I am fairly sure I would be incredibly unhappy in an "equal" relationship (I would predict the same for the vast majority of humans).
Being in an "equal" relationship seems like it would be very inefficient because you couldn't realize gains from specialization in certain tasks.
Due to sexual dimorphism (assuming opposite sex partners), doing the same amount of X isn't necessarily any fairer than doing different amounts of X (not to mention some tasks, like pregnancy and childbirth, cannot be "equal" without extreme biological augmentations).

Comment author: Pavitra 02 June 2012 08:45:00PM 2 points [-]

Due to sexual dimorphism (assuming opposite sex partners), doing the same amount of X isn't necessarily any fairer than doing different amounts of X

Would you expect significantly more "equal" relationships among homosexual couples than among heterosexual couples?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 02 June 2012 09:36:51PM * 4 points [-]

I would anticipate there being a measurable difference between homosexual and heterosexual populations.

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