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From: reiser@pmafire.UUCP (Steve Reiser)
Newsgroups: sci.pschology,sci.bio,alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,soc.singles
Subject: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
Message-ID: <1990Oct24.175532.9407@pmafire.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 90 17:55:32 GMT
Organization: Winco Process Development, Idaho
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Without cultural training would human being by there biological nature
be monogamous or is it culturally ingrained from childhood?

With the diversity of relationship styles in modern America, I have
begun to wonder what man's true nature really is. I have nothing against
monogamy, however many people choose serial marriages, many one lifetime
mate, many choose to remain single, some choose homosexual
relationships, some polygamous, etc.

I would naturally expect answers as liberal as "Do Your own Thing", and as
conservative as "Monogamy is the way God intended it to be".  I'm not
interested in either of those, but real evaluation of what kinds of
relationships really make people the happiest when left on their own. 

When you look at nature in the wild, it does vary - many bird species
are mongamous, the deer family is such that the strongest males have
harems, chimpanzees are intereestingly as variant as humans at times
with the same kinds of relationship problems of jealousy.

Steve
 

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Steve Reiser (reiser@pmafire.UUCP or ...!uunet!pmafire!reiser)