Power, Infidelity and Out Groups

The survival of a species is dependent primarily on the ability to reproduce itself consistently over time. The probability of propagation for the human species is increased by association and cooperation. Functioning as a collective provides protection, industry and innovation essential to species survival. The family unit is the basic building block for such associations. There are social structures common to all tribes. The family is one such social structure. The look of this association (the family unit) varies from society to society but its purpose is universal.
The vast majority of the social structures that exist in western civilization have been sculpted by biblical dictates. The enunciation of human purpose can be found in the verbiage”be fruitful and multiply”. The design of the basic unit of family has been attributed to divine intention. The order of creation is also important to role and function within the unit. Man was created as a companion to God and woman was created as a helpmate to man. Man was first and woman was an after though. This is a recurring theme in the three major desert religions.

The Bible is pregnant with passages of mans divine right to rule. It is also equally clear in the expected servility of women. These ascribed roles still define formal and informal interactions between men and women in the western hemisphere. These descriptions imply privilege and acquiescence respectively. The roles of men and women are constrained by these beliefs in all social structures. The examination of thought that underpins the expression of social structure is essential in examining the morality in which people operate with in those structures. There appears to be a universal pattern of male dominance in human relationships that was initially established by superior strength. Religious and legislative text has instituted this uneven relationship in the social structures of religion and government.

Now that we have established the biological imperative, and the cultural expression of the family unit we can now explore deviation in terms of propagation outside of this unit. The ultimate aim of this inquiry is to examine power in the social structures of marriage and government as expressed sexually. The impact sexual expression of power has on minority groups such as people of color, women, and children.