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Article #1405Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
From: Dennis Stockert
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 1990 14:21
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 1990 14:21
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In article <0093FF47.05EDD520@aclcb.purdue.edu>, swihart@aclcb.purdue.edu (Dr. B) writes... > 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. > If it was defined, it was before I joined the thread... my own definition is simply an inherent tendency to mate for life, as some animal species do. I tend to agree with you that it's not an all or nothing proposition, but I'll bet that you'll get plenty of replies arguing that one fling *IS* "grounds for disqualification... *********************************************************************** * Dennis Stockert * The meek shall inherit the earth; * * rqdms@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov * the rest of us will go to the stars * ****************************************** Aviation Week ************** * No one that knows me would mistake my opinions for those of * * any respectable organization * ***********************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!emory!hubcap!gatech!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eagle!news From: rqdms@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Dennis Stockert) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous? Message-ID: <1990Nov20.142158.15961@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Date: 20 Nov 90 14:21:58 GMT References: <58975@microsoft.UUCP> <1990Nov14.005513.28667@massey.ac.nz> <1990Nov15.141028.25126@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> <0093FF47.05EDD520@aclcb.purdue.edu> Reply-To: rqdms@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov Followup-To: sci.bio Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center Lines: 23 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4