Ellen Says: Monogamy is the state of having only one sexual partner at any one time. The word monogamy comes from the Greek word monos "μονός", which means one or alone, and the Greek word gamos "γάμος", which means marriage or union. In many cases, the word "monogamy" is used to specifically refer to marital monogamy.
Social monogamy refers to two persons/creatures who live together, have sex with each other, and cooperate in acquiring basic resources such as food, clothes, and money.
Sexual monogamy refers to two persons/creatures who remain sexually exclusive with each other and have no outside sex partners.
Genetic monogamy refers to two partners that only have offspring with each other.
Marital monogamy refers to marriages of only two people.
Spiritual monogamy refers to the worship of only one God, or monotheism.
A majority of married people remain sexually monogamous during their marriages.
The number of married partners who engage in extramarital sex never exceeds 50 percent in studies using large or nationally representative samples.
Yet, the incidence of sexual monogamy varies across cultures.
People in some cultures are more sexually monogamous than people in other cultures.
Women also appear to be more sexually monogamous than men.
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