Abstract
A discussion of the origins and subsequent developments of attitudes toward monogamy and its alternatives reveals marked variations and some similarities. A range of specific factors have impinged upon norms of intimacy in various historical periods, e.g., the Medieval Church stressed the ideal of celibacy and derogated monogamy. While external factors such as economics and religion tend to influence lifestyle preferences to produce noncumulative effects, there has been a more recent tendency toward democratization of options. Those patterns most closely associated with elite populations tend to be eventually adopted in an altered fashion by broader sectors of the populace.
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