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The Bonding Hormone and Monogamy

There has been quite a bit of research into love and the brain. Scientists have isolated parts of the brain they believe that love is felt. So that stab to your heart is really coming from your head. Within all of that science, researchers have made some conclusions about how we bond and why we are or are not monogamous. And it seems that there is a certain truth to the belief that some men just aren’t cut out for monogamy. Let’s start with the woman. A hormone called oxytocin is responsible for encouraging bonding. Oxytocin is released during childbirth … Continue reading →

Thoughts on Marriage and Monogamy

As I was writing What You Might Not Have Known About Affairs, I got to wondering: If we’re not programmed to be monogamous, why do we try to be? (As part of my research for that piece I was surprised to learn that monogamy is not the norm for 97 percent of most mammals, including humans.) Something else I learned while researching another article, Affairs and STDs, was that as many as 60% of marriages could suffer a cheating spouse. At first I thought as high as 60% seemed ridiculous –-until I learned about how humans are not monogamous beings … Continue reading →

Redefining Words: You Won’t Believe this One

I’m sick of the so-called progressive movement to redefine long recognized traditions to incorporate anything and everything that certain groups or segments feel should be force fed to the rest of society. Are you ready for this one? There are now groups of people who want to redefine monogamy. Yes, monogamy! What does monogamy mean anyway? Most of us know that it clearly means a relationship with one other person. Mono means one. One mate, one spouse, one partner, one significant other, one other person, no matter how you choose to describe him or her. Well, that may no longer … Continue reading →