![]() ![]() Fisher (2011) states that pair bonding is universal for humans and most men and women are willing to get married. MonogamyĪ relationship in which the explicit agreement or taken-for-granted rule is that there should not be any sexual or romantic relationships outside main partnership is called monogamous ( Richards and Barker, 2013). This is to say that boundaries between different forms of relationship structures are blurry ( Richards and Barker, 2013) and should be perceived as a generalized trend that may have various exceptions and overtones. For instance, an initially monogamous relationship may become non-monogamous when one of the partners cheats, or possibly transform into consensually non-monogamous relationship if partners agree, or become asexual due to the loss of trust ( Nelson, 2013). The aim of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of reasons that motivate people to engage in monogamous or non-monogamous sex.Īlthough it is tempting to classify romantic relationships into strict frames of monogamy and non-monogamy, reality is nuanced and complex. ![]() Instead, both serve certain needs to maximize social, economic, and relational benefits ( Wood et al., 2018). People’s sexual arrangements are complex and neither monogamy nor non-monogamy can be considered the norm. The study also revealed that there are differences in reasons to engage in sex among men and women, some of the differences are related to the relationship status (monogamous or non-monogamous), while others are universal for men or women irrespective of their monogamy status. Non-monogamous respondents reported higher frequency to engage in sex for most reasons overall. While both monogamous and non-monogamous respondents reported to engage in sex with the same frequency for the reasons of sexual release and physical desirability of a partner, the research uncovered that non-monogamous respondents engage in sex significantly more often to seek new experiences, to boost self-esteem, to guard their mate, to have a specific kind of sex (such as anal, kink, or fetish) or to experience the thrill of the forbidden. Presented with 17 reasons to engage in sexual activity, the respondents rated the frequency with which they engage in sex for each reason. ![]() The research aim was to identify whether there are differences in self-reported reasons to engage in sexual activity between these two groups. This study compared motivations to engage in sex between monogamous and non-monogamous respondents ( n = 1,238, out of which 641 monogamous and 596 non-monogamous respondents women-47.4%, men-50.9%, other gender-1.7% age: M = 27.78 years, SD = 7.53, range = 18–62).
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