Is monogamy dishonest?

A reflection on recent marriage musings

July 27, 2011 | by Peter Jon Mitchell , Senior Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Clark-Flory, T. (2011, July 16). The argument for sexual exclusivity. Salon. Retrieved July 19, 2011 from http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/07/16/monogamy_pro
  2. Oppenheimer, M. (2011, June 30). Married, with infidelities. New York Times Magazine. Retrieved July 5, 2011 from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/magazine/infidelity-will-keep-us-together.html?pagewanted=all
  3. Haag, P. (2011). Marriage confidential. The post-romantic age of workhorse wives, royal children, undersexed spouses and rebel couples who are rewriting the rules. New York: Harper Collins. pp. 282-283.
  4. Judith Stacey as quoted by Clark-Flory, T. (2011, July 11). Scouring the globe for sex advice. Salon. Retrieved July 22, 2011 from http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/07/09/monogamy_stacey/index.html
  5. George, R.P. (2006). The meaning of marriage: Family, state, market, and morals. eds. R.P. George and J. Bethke Elshtain. Dallas: Spence Publishing Company. p. 171.
  6. Wilcox, W.B. (2011, July 11). Closing the book on open marriage. Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2011 from http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/closing-the-book-on-open-marriage/2011/07/11/gIQAdDVg8H_blog.html
  7. George, p. 168.
  8. Ibid.
  9. Warren, R.C. (2011, July 8). Why aren’t we mad at the mistresses? Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2011 from http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-arent-we-mad-at-the-mistresses/2011/07/08/gIQA9DwQ4H_story.html
  10. See Hymowitz, K. S. (2006). Marriage and caste in America. Separate and unequal families in a post-marital age. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee.