[mə-nŏǵə-mē]
(n.)The practice or condition of having a single sexual partner during a…
(n.)The practice or condition of being married to only one person at a…
(n.)The condition of having only one mate during a breeding season or…
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Monogamy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monogamy is the state of having only one sexual partner at any one time. The word monogamy comes from the Greek word monos "μονός", which means one or alone, and the Greek word gamos "γάμος", whi...
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Until death do us part—except every other Friday. ... For much of human history, monogamy (or, at least, presumed monogamy) has been the default setting for long-term love. Hack the system, goes the theory, refuse to forsake all others, open the door even a crack—and the whole relationship will crash.
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MONOGAMY IS AS OLD AS ADAM; MONOGAMY AND SHOULD-BE MONOGAMY; SOME HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE ROMAN CHURCH; CATHOLIC PRIESTS WERE MONOGAMOUS AND POLYGAMOUS BUT MADE CELIBATE; CELIBACY AND ASCETICISM PROPAGATED AS HOLINESS;
www.patriarchywebsite.com/monogamy/mono-history.htm www.patriarchywebsite.com/monogamy/mono-history.htm
Non-monogamy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nonmonogamy is a blanket term covering several different types of interpersonal relationships in which some or all participants have multiple marital, sexual, and/or romantic partners. This can be co...
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Biologists have long understood that monogamy is rare in mammals. Of about 4,000 mammalian species, only a handful have ever been called monogamous. ... Actually, the myth of monogamy didn't disappear overnight. The tell-tale hiss of its deflation began several decades ago. One now-famous study, for example,
www.trinity.edu/rnadeau/FYS/Barash%20on%20monogamy.htm www.trinity.edu/rnadeau/FYS/Barash%20on%20monogamy.htm
Monogamy, which is really no more than a useful social convention, will not survive. It has rarely been honored in practice; soon, it will vanish even as an ideal. I do not believe that society will return to polygamy.
www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3170
Monogamy as a Prisoners Dilemma: ... Monogamy as a Prisoners Dilemma: Non-Monogamy as a Collective Action Problem; ... Many ethologists and anthropologists now believe that monogamy is not "natural" behavior for humans. Yet non-monogamous practices have declined with modernization, and the occasional attempts to reintroduce...
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