Monogamy

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Human males have yet to evolve flesh-eating sperm like some animals, but their biological imperative for sex has made them into the creatures they are today.
By Tracy Clark-Flory Jun 13, 2008

  • Screw all this, I'm marrying a flatworm

    Sexual promiscuity is rampant throughout nature, much as it is in our tabloids these days.
    By Sarah Hepola March 19, 2008

  • I'm afraid I'll be unfaithful to my husband

    I love him to death, but I'm not so hot at fidelity.
    By Cary Tennis January 29, 2008

  • Stating the obvious

    Nature doesn't care about the emotional well-being of older people. It's about the continuation of the species -- in other words, children.
    By Garrison Keillor March 14, 2007

  • What does marriage mean?

    Married life between a man and woman can follow many twists and turns. So why do gay marriages have to be so straight?
    By Dan Savage July 17, 2004

  • I'm in love with two men

    How do I choose between them? Do I have to choose at all?
    By Cary Tennis November 29, 2006

  • My boyfriend wants an open relationship

    I know it's fairly common in my demographic, but I don't think I'm ready to share.
    By Cary Tennis August 15, 2006

  • Sex without rules

    Call it what you will, our version of polyamory is both freeing and anxiety-producing.
    By Veronica Hayes January 23, 2002

  • Sweet thing

    I'm a 46-year-old man, I've been with only one woman and I'm happy about that.
    By Casey Ford April 12, 2001

  • Let leaders lead

    Why can't we accept the fact that great men conduct lives of indiscretion and excess?
    By Benjamin Cheever January 24, 2001

  • The myth of monogamy

    According to studies of the animal world, most of us are naturally inclined to "cheat" or at least have more than one mate in a lifetime.
    By David Barash January 23, 2001

  • Sex as an extreme sport

    I wanted emotional exploration -- only monogamy stood in my way.
    By Zachary Karabell June 26, 2000

  • Letters to the Editor

    Say what? Horowitz thinks Republicans are too NICE?! Plus: Grateful Dead producer defends cut-and-paste editing; marriage-savers are wrong about monogamy.
    Letters to the Editor December 3, 1999

  • The case against matrimony

    If marriage is risky, doomed and expensive, why bother?
    By Larissa Phillips November 18, 1999

  • The other woman

    She is a narcissistic sex worker with no knowledge of true love.
    By Jonathon Keats November 17, 1999

  • The other woman

    I can't wish she were dead; she may be dying.
    By Jane Underwood November 4, 1999

  • Prevent wandering eyes -- Bring Back Dating!

    Is the monogamous dating etiquette of the '90s leading to forbidden lust?
    By Courtney Weaver September 24, 1997

  • Why Israel shouldn't trust Yasir Arafat

    The Nobel Laureate is a sadistic dictator and shameless liar who has just one wish for the Jewish state: That it cease to exist.
    By David Horowitz July 4, 1997

  • Respect, yes;
    equivalence, no

    Same-sex marriage is a lost cause because
    gays are not the "same."
    By David Horowitz June 9, 1997

  • monogamy

    Everything you've been taught about love is sentimental hogwash, says psychotherapist Adam Phillips. Relationships can't be worked on, women aren't any more dependent than men -- and there's nothing wrong with infidelity.
    By Dwight Garner February 19, 1997

  • Monogamy

    David Futrelle reviews the novel "Monogamy" by Adam Phillips.
    By David Futrelle January 14, 1997
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