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Monogamy In American Culture

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One thing that I found over the course of the semester that made something familiar seem strange is marital, social and sexual monogamy in American culture. We are attracted to a person, build a relationship with them, sexually and/or emotionally, and expect to be their only partner. We value loyalty and the concept of love in our culture. If one partner breaks these rules, in most cases, this turns the other off. But as I have learned, in a lot of cultures this isn’t the case. There are several cultures that having multiple marriages, not getting married or only being with someone for reproduction purposes is totally normal. Love is taboo. Like Ongka’s culture, he is able to have many wives and many children among those wives and that is

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