Monogamy

Baby, let's all screw around: The great monogamy vs infidelity debate

In recent years, infidelity has acquired a subversive cachet that makes old-fashioned monogamy seem safe and repressed. After centuries of being bullied into monogamy, we are now urged to embrace more enlightened open relationships.

Here come the swingers: The ideological fallacy of "open" relationships

The latest conventional wisdom touts the virtues of infidelity as a healthy — even desirable — alternative to old-fashioned monogamy. But whether you choose to swing, cheat or stay faithful, you still can't eat that cake and have it too.

Embarrassed people 'more trustworthy, generous'

The researchers point out that the moderate type of embarrassment they examined should not be confused with debilitating social anxiety or with "shame".