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Monogamy

            Is the belief that monogamy is a natural thing just a folklore. The practice of monogamy where a couple pair bonds to raise their offspring is in many cases is not just the norm, but also the law. Society along with our culture dictates the path we take towards our relationships. For centuries the practice of monogamy has been ingrained in popular culture. .
             The rate of divorce is continually going up at rates that are alarming. Just about anyone today can recite the statistics on the amount of marriages that fail and lead to divorce. One of the biggest grounds of divorce is due to infidelity. With the exception of a few cultures monogamy is something that is practiced all over the world. Society tells us that this is the right thing to do or is it. A few cultures practice polygamy where the men are allowed to have several wives. 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. For most biologists, the fact that the Rev. Jesse Jackson had an illegitimate child by one of his staffers is neither surprising nor a revelation. We've known for a long time that males from many species tend to be interested in sexual variety, particularly in having more than one partner. (Barash, 107).
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             To understand monogamy we have to look on different animals to their practices outside of social pressures. Some animals practice this as a means of survival. This is evident in birds where both parents are needed to perform the prodigious labor of incubating eggs and feeding nestlings. However research has shown that in these pair-mates the males are not necessarily the father. In fact a 10 year study of 180 monogamous songbirds' offspring's DNA proves that only 10% are indeed monogamous. The other 90 percent of them stay and tend to the chicks regardless of the biological father. On the other hand the red fox has an average of five offspring's of which she can not support by her self.


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1. The Facts On Monogamy

... time that males from many species tend to be interested in sexual variety, particularly in having more than one partner. (Barash, 107) To understand monogamy we have to look on different animals to their practices outside of social pressures. Some animals practice this as a means of survival. This is evident ... . Then the male fox then leaves to find a new mate and perform this all over again. In depth experiments that studies animal's monogamy and non-monogamy behavior have show that one of the most sexually faithful creatures to be the California Mouse. A study over a period of two ye...

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2. Monogamy and Fidelity in the Australian Sleepy Lizard

... (1988) based his theory on Stamps (1983) strategy. Stamp suggested that smaller and territorial lizards practice polygamy, while the larger species and those with overlapping home ranges practice monogamy. The methodology adopted by Bull was random capture. For each capture, the lizard location, sex, weight and snout-vent length were recorded. Records were studied to figure out when pairing ... would stay with the female for over 8 weeks when she was only receptive for 10 days as females were not passive partners. As a result, it was hypothesized that maintenance of monogamy in the sle...

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3. Why One When You Can Have Two?

... examined by the anthropologist Murdock (1957), 75% practiced polygyny. Many peoples have been said to be monogamous, but it is difficult to infer from the data at our disposal whether monogamy is the prevalent practice, the moral ideal, or an institution safeguarded by sanctions (Malinowski 1962). Historically, polygyny was a feature of the ancient Hebrews, the traditional Chinese, and the ... entail a huge surplus of females over males (Malinowski 1962). Another important point is that in reality it is not so much a form of marriage fundamentally distinct from monogamy as rather a mul...

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4. Marriage Equals Economics

... out why these marriages are still here today. In the chapter "When Brothers Share a Wife" they discussion the concept of marriage that is common in Tibetan called Fraternal polyandry. Unlike monogamy where one man marries one woman, fraternal polyandry is a type of marriage that has two or more men jointly take a wife. Generally, this marriage is arranged by the parents with ... she could share housework and childcare even have some companionship. It has been founded that women who have been or are in a polygyny marriage prefer it to monogamy. However, studies have shown that men favor ...

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5. Poligamy Now!

... believes that polygamy has provided her with an opportunity to use her female potential to the greatest degree without the mutual concessions that go along with monogamy. I believe that she is lucky to have such a great life and anyone who believes otherwise is jealous. Ms. Joseph believes that all ... lucky women to have such great friendships and such a wonderful husband, but I still would not resort to this lifestyle. Polygamy has its ups and downs. Monogamy seems more realistic than polygamy. Whenever I meet the man I am going to marry, I want him to love me and not already have seve...

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6. Patterns in Marriage and Family

... achieve some career goals before getting married that makes them older relative to people who got married at an earlier age traditionally [ CITATION Bak10 l 1033 ][ CITATION Bib10 l 1033 ]. Partnership Patterns Monogamy is a term used for the state in which one person gets married to only one person at one time. This is the common trend of getting married in most of ... the world's regions. Basically what is perceived by getting married in most parts of the world is monogamy pattern. However, in many societies, religions, cultures and regions, having one partner at a time is not the onl...

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7. Marriage And Family..what Is It?

... may marry; other states prohibit such marriages as incestuous. In Western cultures, such as the United States, the only legal form of marriage is monogamy, in which there are only two spouses, the husband and wife. But monogamy is a minority preference among world cultures, exhibited by only 24 percent of the known cultures. The preferred martial arrangement worldwide is polygamy, the practice ... or maybe even exotic. However, it may not really seem so strange if we looked at the actual American marital practices. Considering the high divorce rate in the United States, monogamy may no ...

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8. Things Fall Apart Critical

... monotheism. A second difference is the Ibo believe in animate Gods unlike Christians who believe in an inanimate God. Another contrast is the Ibo practice polygamy unlike the Christians who practice monogamy. A final contrast is the afterlives of the two religions. First of all, the Ibo practice polytheism and Christians practice monotheism. Polytheism is the belief in more than one God, and ... gods is they worship carved wood, the Oracle of the Hills and Caves, and the sacred python. Another contrast of the two religions is the practice of polygamy compared to monogamy. Monogamy is wh...

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9. The Kurds and the Middle East

... law it is allowed to practice polygamy, but in certain countries polygamy is not allowed and you could be imprisoned for practicing it. While most Kurds practice polygamy, some practice monogamy to keep out of troubling the law. But an unusual fact about them is that the Kurds do marry their father's brother or sisters kids. They do this for multiple ... consisting of at least one or more parents and their kids. The Kurds relate to this definition of marriage because just like we stated earlier the Kurds follow Polygamy and monogamy. Monogamy consisted of one husband and one wife, while...

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