Global Perspectives on Monogamy, Infidelity, and Polyamory
Articles explore the evolving landscape of relationships, questioning whether humans are hard-wired for infidelity and examining the 'crisis' of monogamy, with Brazil notably embracing polyamory.
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Are we hard-wired for infidelity?
Monogamy may be held up as an ideal, but evolution has other ideas Most of us know people in committed relationships, even lifelong marriages. And we also know stories about relationship transgressions, of partnerships tested or broken by infidelity. As an evolutionary biologist who studies sex and relationships, I’m fascinated by these two truths. We humans make romantic commitments to each other – and some also break those commitments by cheating. Continue reading...
By Justin Garcia
Read full article →Brazil, the World’s Largest Catholic Nation, Embraces Polyamory
More people in a still largely conservative and religious nation are rejecting monogamy as they seek new definitions of romance, and of family.
By Ana Ionova and María Magdalena Arréllaga
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