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 / wp6@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Walter Pohl) / writes:

| This is an Orange Highlighter alert.
| 
|	When I read this article, at first I was confused as to whether you
| meant "male" or "person".  All possible ambiguity would be removed if you 
| used "person" in place of "man".
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     While I interpret your response to be an effort to use more
     "sexually neutral" language, you might be interested to know
     that (as I recall) human ethologists have conjectured a sex difference
     in tendency toward monogamy.  I remember an explanation postulated
     in terms of "parental investment":  only one strategy is available
     to the female to pass along her genes - she must raise her progeny,
     and will be more successful if she can acquire help in the process.
     The male has two strategies available - he can have multiple mates,
     each with a reduced chance of raising their progeny, or a single
     mate, as with the female.

     Perhaps someone can supply a more informed and up-to-date account
     of this thread.