monogamy: Am I a chump?

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Best of luck to you in finding your own way.

Here are some thoughts on mating strategies I wrote a while back.

Tournament and pair-bonding strategies for pheromone use

Biologists have noted two types of species with distinct physical and behavioral characteristics with regard to mating. Those are called tournament speciesand pair bondingspecies. In tournament species males compete for the opportunity to mate with females. They may compete via fighting like the elk, or via displays like the peacock. In pair bonding species like the swan a male and a female form a lasting pair bond. (In a very few species it is the female that competes to mate with the mal…