Monogamy is exceedingly uncommon in the natural world -- and, as it turns out, the human world. Monogamy /Gr. ?????+????? (monos+gamos) - one+marriage a form of marriage in which an individual has only one spouse at any one time. In current usage, monogamy often refers to having one sexual partner irrespective of marriage or reproduction. The term is also applied to the social behavior of some animals, referring to the state of having only one mate at any one time. Throughout the … [Read more...]
Monogamy, is the “pact of fidelity not natural but cultural” ?
June 20, 2012 by Team Celebration
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