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Re:Teenagers now better behaved and less hedonistic but lone... by eecc on Sunday January 14, 2018 @05:05AM (#16143567)
Why? What’s so intrinsically special in monogamy to deserve the label “unmitigated good”?
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Re:Teenagers now better behaved and less hedonistic but lone... by throwawaycanada on Sunday January 14, 2018 @06:39AM (#16143845)
Long term it's the most stable.
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Re:Teenagers now better behaved and less hedonistic but lone... by eecc on Sunday January 14, 2018 @04:50PM (#16146690)
Hmm, not sure there's enough data to discern confounding factors and assert monogamy guarantees stable and durable relations. Narrative and history actually suggest otherwise, that the constraint or expectation of monogamy eventually undoes the relationship...
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