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May 23

Revolution at the Dinner Table: Fresh Feminisms, Open for Discussion

May 24

Australia's Own Gross National Cool

May 24

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Animals, Equality and Democracy

May 25

Is Docklands an Eyesore? And can Artists and Developers be Friends?

May 26

Religion and Art: Old Friends, New Discussions

May 27

I Wanna be Close to You: Art, Intimacy and Our Obsession with Eating

Today in brief: Faithfulness as natural as vegetarianism, says Christopher Ryan.

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In a feature published in today’s Age, US psychologist Christopher Ryan likens monogamy to vegetarianism, saying a monogamous lifestyle is possible but not necessarily what human beings are predisposed to adhering to.

Christopher Ryan is the co-author – with his wife, psychiatrist Cacilda Jetha – of Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality. He’ll appear at the Wheeler Centre on Thursday, delivering this week’s Lunchbox/Soapbox on the topic of ‘Sexual Vegetarianism’.

In this video/podcast of a previous Lunchbox/Soapbox on the same theme, writer/comedian Sue-Ann Post argues the case against monogamy.