August 3, 2011
Dear Madame X, I’m happier than I’ve ever been. I have a lover I see whenever I want and a career that fulfills me. Everything is going along perfectly but it doesn’t feel like enough. I refuse to cheat, but lately the idea has developed some appeal. I want to bring another man into the ...
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July 5, 2011
Despite the myth of finding “the one,” we’re all increasingly aware that we might not actually be made for one person: people fall in love more than once, go through several serious relationships and sometimes cheat. So why do we desperately hold on to the idea that there’s only one mate for us? The first ...
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Stephanie Coontz,
STIs,
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September 6, 2010
Evolution has designed men and women to cheat — we all know this because every month one publication or another makes it their cover story. But it is more complicated than that. If we really were designed to be a species of philanderers, why has every culture in the world designed their societies around marriage? ...
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