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Unwin concluded from his study that historically ascendant and expansive peoples invariably practiced sexual restraint before marriage;enforcing monogamy through social and/or legal avenues. | Unwin concluded from his study that historically ascendant and expansive peoples invariably practiced sexual restraint before marriage;enforcing monogamy through social and/or legal avenues. | ||
Unwin found that when the cultures he examined achieved prosperity, this resulted in sexual license becoming widespread and socially accepted. Unwin stated this then led to the "expansive energy" of these cultures invariably dissipating, leading to these cultures degenerating or collapsing. Unwin claimed this process of societal decline was irrevocable, once it was initiated by sexual license. He also stated that this process of decline was quite rapid subsequent to the introduction of widespread sexual license writing: "In human records there is no instance of a society retaining its energy after a complete new generation has inherited a tradition which does not insist on pre-nuptial and post-nuptial continence." | Unwin found that when the cultures he examined achieved prosperity, this resulted in sexual license becoming widespread and socially accepted. Unwin stated this then led to the "expansive energy" of these cultures invariably dissipating, leading to these cultures degenerating or collapsing. Unwin claimed this process of societal decline was irrevocable, once it was initiated by sexual license. He also stated that this process of decline was quite rapid subsequent to the introduction of widespread sexual license, writing: "In human records there is no instance of a society retaining its energy after a complete new generation has inherited a tradition which does not insist on pre-nuptial and post-nuptial continence." | ||
Unwin presented his findings impartially, making no solid conclusions in regards to how exactly sexual license led to civilization decline, beyond making nebulous references to "sexual transmutation", or the channeling of repressed sexual energy into productivity and innovation; as a possible factor in this process. | Unwin presented his findings impartially, making no solid conclusions in regards to how exactly sexual license led to civilization decline, beyond making nebulous references to "sexual transmutation", or the channeling of repressed sexual energy into productivity and innovation; as a possible factor in this process. | ||