I’m talking prehistoric here; we have evidence to suggest that raiding for females was a regular feature of human culture for most of our species’ existence
This was that big an effect in practice, i.e., the average woman was not taken as a captive during her lifetime. War is negative sum and for all their glorification of war, even aggressive societies spent most of their energies on productive activities.
In any case, the modern, marry-for-love tradition, as opposed to marriage for political or economic expediency,
This was that big an effect in practice, i.e., the average woman was not taken as a captive during her lifetime. War is negative sum and for all their glorification of war, even aggressive societies spent most of their energies on productive activities.
The two aren’t mutually exclusive.