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monandry

NOUN
  1. the state of having only one husband at a time

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  • Polyandry gives women certain privileges which monandry denies, and she is not slow to seize on these prerogatives, and to use them in the furtherance of her own welfare. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
  • During the past fifty years, these people have made rapid strides toward civilization, monandry and monogamy taking the places of polyandry and polygamy, and fifty or a hundred years hence, this matriarchate will, in all probability, entirely disappear. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
  • In fact, assuming monandry, 75% of her genes are found in the next generation's queen, but that is still more than if she directly reproduced. At What Level did this Evolve?
  • But because males are haploid (and assuming monandry), her sisters share 75% of her genes. At What Level did this Evolve?
  • Wilutzky [1262] thinks that child marriage amongst savages began in the desire of a man to get a wife to himself (monandry) out of the primitive communalism, without violating the customs of ancestors. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
  • Consequently, female workers share up to 75% (assuming monandry) of their genes. At What Level did this Evolve?
  • But because males are haploid (and assuming monandry), her sisters share 75% of her genes. At What Level did this Evolve?
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