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Article #1391Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
From: Eli
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 21:10
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 21:10
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Volumes of articles re: above >>>I for one do not quite understand all the hubbub... for me , centuries of >>>spontaneous non-monagamous behavior is enough to convince me that we are >>>** NOT ** naturally monogamous, and that monogamy where it exists is >>>largely a culturally-imposed phenomenon. Apologies if this seems too >>>simplistic to Netters at large... :-) > >> I agree with this person totally. > >Well, I disagree. > >For me, centuries of spontaneous monogamous behaviour is enough to >convince me that SOME of us ARE naturally monogamous and that >promiscuity, where it exists in SOME, is largely a culturally >imposed phenomenon. > >Apologies if this seems to simplistic to Netters at large. > Then explain the high rate of divorce.
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