"...It's... one of those socially complicated things. I suppose you don't have much experience with any socially complicated things that require a population of more than two. Hmm. I could say that it's - because people are supposed to only do Things with people they're married to, but they don't always follow the rules, people who are following the rules usually avoid doing anything that implies they might not be. Such as for example travelling alone together in the forest where no one else would be likely to see them if they did. So it's sort of assumed that if a man and a woman are obviously in a situation where they could be doing Things where no one would see them, they probably have, because otherwise they would have made sure not to look like they might be."
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Date: 2014-06-11 10:29 pm (UTC)