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Article #1402Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
From: Dr. B
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 21:50
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 21:50
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In article <1990Nov18.214939.268@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, rqdms@lims02.lerc.nasa.g > ov (DENNIS STOCKERT) writes: >....... >Point two: The percentage of married (American) men that have had affairs >has been shown, I believe, to be something like 75-80% ... somewhat lower >for women. Of the remaining 20-25%, some number probably refrain from >affairs due to guilt, fear of others' opinions of them, divorce, financial >upheaval, etc. These are extremely high numbers to discount if one >attempts to argue that we are naturally monomagous creatures. > >Finally, your own choice of phrases -- "SOME of us are naturally >monomagous" -- implies a minority. Nice chatting with you... I just began reading this recently. Have you defined monogamous? How? It doesn't seem to me that having had an affair or one-night fling during a marriage doesn't disqualify a person as monogamous for the rest of his/her life. L.A.S. /XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\ <XX swihart@aclcb.purdue.edu XX> \XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!SWIHART@aclcb.purdue.edu From: swihart@aclcb.purdue.edu (Dr. B) Newsgroups: sci.bio,alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,soc.singles Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous? Message-ID: <0093FF47.05EDD520@aclcb.purdue.edu> Date: 19 Nov 90 21:50:08 GMT References: <58975@microsoft.UUCP> <1990Nov14.005513.28667@massey.ac.nz> <1990Nov15.141028.25126@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> <1990Nov16.203058.7780@ariel.unm.edu>,<1990Nov18.214939.268@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu Reply-To: swihart@aclcb.purdue.edu (Dr. B) Followup-To: sci.bio Organization: Purdue AIDS center Lines: 26