Why Being In Love Doesn’t Mean Being Monogamous

Throughout recorded human history, women have been sexually repressed and men have had many a concubine. Dan Savage doesn’t think the subsequent social movement toward monogamy was the answer. What do you think?

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Rollie Williams

May 15, 2012

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