Jealousy being frowned upon???

[Tehimmy]

Now granted, jealousy is frowned upon in most if not all other societies, but the emotion of jealousy isn't what is typically being frowned upon--it's how a person acts from it and for what reasons. It's absolutely all right if a husband feels jealous when his wife falls to the wiles of other men, and likewise to a wife when the husband does the same to other women--it's part of monogamy. The instances wherein (at least US') society frowns upon jealousy between a monogamous pair? When the jealousy goes so far that it affects the partner's ability to interact with others in aspects of life not to be held within a marriage or between lovers, like when the jealousy extends to the partner's friends and family, or if the jealousy itself is unfounded (the partner is flattered that someone is flirting with him/her, but he/she may not actually be attracted to the one flirting with him/her).

I actually find it cute that Skamm reacted with extreme jealousy despite not being paired with Kir officially; I'd find the jealousy he displayed inappropriate because the two are not an official pair (and thus, Kir has every right to get hot and heavy with anyone else). However...

"This is a social club, and in yiffbug, being social means being yiffy! Jealousy is frowned upon... If you're not in the mood, you musn't get upset at someone who is!"

I do question that mentality. Granted, being yiffy often and regularly is expected in Yiffburg, but as seen in Fleecer's introduction to Yiffburg, people don't yiff 100% of the time: they skate, they have picnics, they socialize without being sexual. What if one partner of a monogamous pair decides he or she wants to have fun in a nonsexual way and the other is feeling yiffy? To my knowledge, having sex with a partner not in the mood tends to ruin the experience for both, and I am pretty sure Yiffburgians frown upon adultery. Yes, swinging and having multiple partners is definitely allowed, but not everyone is a swinger, and the thing about swinging is that both partners consent to having sexual relations to someone not being married with/paired to them. So in a scenario wherein a pair isn't mutually yiffy but are otherwise monogamous, how can jealousy displayed from the one not being in the mood be frowned upon justifiably? I can't imagine how because he/she is exercising his/her right as one half of the monogamous pair to not consent of his/her partner getting it one with someone else not him/her. It's like an entire society frowning upon you because you want your partner to remain faithful to you when you two agreed to love and shag exclusively with each other.

I hope Kir's reprimanding of Skamm's jealousy is only a result of displaying said jealousy when the two are not officially together. Otherwise, if the two are monogamously and officially together, the implications of Yiffburgian society frowning upon being jealous towards his/her partner having adulterous sex without the other his/her knowledge or consent is rather unfortunate.

[Hot4Kir]

Well, they're not actually together, are they? It's just supposed to be a "date" because the other partners insisted on the Copulation Club as the public place for the business meeting and the Club has a 'no stag' rule. Besides, Kir wasn't participating, he was just enjoying the attention and flirting back.

In the context of Kir and Skamm, because there is no monogamous relationship, only a business relationship, and this is their first public appearance together in anything resembling a 'date', Kir is right.

On the other hand, how do we know Kir wasn't deliberately trying to make Skamm jealous as part of the whole plan to free Skamm from the possession? Maybe Kir wanted Skamm to realize that if he didn't pay attention to Kir then others would.

We'll have to wait and see.

[WolfWarriorRunning]

I'm not sure the issue would change even if they were together, since we haven't seen any strictly monogamous couples in Yiffburg. Snowy and Squinx say they're mated, but won't hesitate to get sexual with complete strangers (especially Squinx.) Vic and Dee seemed to be mutual, but apparently discarded that notion when they realized "growing up" meant having loud, public foursomes. Kit and Kay are (sort of) mutual, but only because their connection to the gods of yiff is strengthened by it; they're certainly not as adverse to the idea as they were early on in the comic's run. The lawyers and their ladies...haven't been around long enough for us to really tell.

[Hot4Kir]

I don't think it's a Yiffburg issue, as Kir said to Skamm, "I did tell you that the Club has its rules."