Assertion: monogamy | /r/HasProperty | the norm
Facets:
value: hardly
type: DEGREE
value: for humans
type: OTHER
value: in the west
type: LOCATION
value: within chinese culture
type: LOCATION
value: for most citizens
type: OTHER
value: with being deviant
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Although an Egyptian man was free to marry several women at a time, and some wealthy men from Old and Middle Kingdoms did have more than one wife, monogamy was the norm.
text: On the basis of a comprehensive study, David Barash and Judith Lipton conclude that there is no evidence that monogamy is somehow "natural" or "normal" for humans; on the contrary, there is abundant evidence that people have long been prone to having multiple sexual partners.
text: However, they also reject the claim that monogamy is unnatural or abnormal, especially since it is the way most people have been living in recent times.
text: To some, the term non-monogamy semantically implies that monogamy is the norm, with other forms of relational intimacy being deviant and therefore somehow unhealthy or immoral.
text: Within Chinese culture, romantic love and monogamy was the norm for most citizens.
text: And monogamy is hardly the norm for humans.
text: Even in the west, non-monogamy is actually the norm.