Title should be: What is the point of monogamy for men?
This is my first post here, and it may ruffle a few feathers. That is not my intent, if you find my query offensive please ignore it, but I ask that you don't lambaste or vilify me for asking. This is meant to be an objective, academic discussion.
I understand that man needs woman for sex and to procreate, but beyond that, what is the point? Specifically, for the man, what is the point of monogamy? I definitely understand the point for a woman -- someone to provide for her and her children, provide and protect, etc. And that makes sense, if I were a woman, I would seek to ensnare some guy too. But I'm not, I'm a man. And I like women, all kinds of women, and I like variety in women. I personally think it's unnatural for one man to stay with (and have sex with) only one woman "till death do them part." Yes many men do just that (although I think the % is smaller than we'd think), but I posit that they do so because they have no other choice -- better to get sex from someone rather than no one. That being said, why would a successful, affluent, good-looking man who could have his pick of women on any given day electively choose to "settle down" with just one? After all from a male point of view, no matter how beautiful a woman is, after a while of having sex with her only, she is no longer arousing -- and at that point, the man needs someone else, anyone else -- maybe that someone else isn't as attractive as the previous woman, but she is different and new, and that after a while is all that matters.
So why then would a successful, affluent, good-looking, and overall very desirable male (gulp) get married? What is the point? And please don't say childbirth -- b/c childbirth has been around since the beginning of human existence and has nothing to do with marriage. Marriage, at some level, is an institution invented by society -- like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.
Evolutionary psychology backs me on this. Anyone care to counter? I am open to and appreciative of solid counterarguments, thanks.