‘Lean into your biology’: Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik says women aren’t wired for open relationships – National Post

In a new video on her YouTube channel, Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik revealed that she does not get open relationships and polyamory, particularly when it comes to women.

We arent biologically wired to be monogamous. Men especially, she admitted in the video, but then went on to suggest that while open relationships might seem to place men and women on equal scales, if you ask science, that isnt the case.

She continued, The notion of men spreading their seed is kind of an over-simplified and misogynistic take on our species, and with open relationships, women too can spread their seed. Its liberating for women to be seen as equal sexual participants, rather than the object of mens whims. I get that, too. Heres what I dont get about open relationships, though: people in open relationships are exchanging one cultural construct for another that of equating male and female sexuality. But as a scientist, Im here to ruin everybodys good time and to tell you that the assumption that male and female sexuality can be treated pretty much the same is in direct opposition to our biology.

It goes against millions of years of evolution. The male body produces millions of sperm every day. A woman produces one egg per month, she said. For all of evolution, women have carefully selected a mate. And their hormones and physiology favour careful selection. Men dont need to be as selective because they are constantly able to have sex. Biologically, not just colloquially.

The take home message? Borrowing a page from Sheryl Sandberg that Im sure would make her proud, Bialik encourages women to lean in to your biology.

Acknowledging that monogamy is a cultural construct, she goes on to repeatedly assure the viewer that, yes, Sex is fun. And yes, she adds,it can involve more, but then how can one juggle multiple partners, because she rarely has the time for her husband: I dont get that. One relationships seems like enough!

While that might suggest Bialik should do what feels right for her rather than advise the same for the rest of society, she concluded,While I get that having sex with lots of people can be fun, I worry that open relationships are fostering a false sense of liberation from our sexual and biological nature.

Theres nothing like a condemning YouTube lecture to remind you, biology is the limit.

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