Quote by Robert Wright

Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.

— Rita Mae Brown

The concept of monogamy is an inheritance of a medieval time, when family would carry the tradition of the name and certain privileges. It's…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

“The truth is, many people do not consciously choose monogamy; society chooses it for them, and it becomes the default.”

— Tristan Taormino

“Monogamy is not a choice, it is a responsibility of a genuine human.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“It's a false premise to say that most monogamous people have chosen monogamy. Most people belong to the religion they were raised in...because that's…

— Anthony D. Ravenscroft

Why would so many risk their reputations, families, careers—even presidential legacies—for something that runs against human nature? Were monogamy an ancient, evolved trait characteristic…

— Christopher Ryan

“Monogamy, in brief, kills passion -- and passion is the most dangerous of all the surviving enemies to what we call civilization, which is…

— H.L. Mencken

“Monogamy was an invention of men who wished to reduce the power of women over them.”

— Louis de Bernières

“Polygamy is a luxury of the cave-people, and monogamy is an existential responsibility of the civilized society.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“In The Moral Animal, Robert Wright laments, "A basic underlying dynamic between men and women is mutual exploitation. They seem, at times, designed to…

— Cacilda Jethá

“Monogamous romantic commitment, like infallible lifelong attraction to only men or only women, is surely a minority tendency expediently elevated to a general social…

— Hannah Black

Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.

— Adam Phillips